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Bakery Day 103: Great news

Today the bakery is closed. We worked extremely hard this week as mentioned yesterday. So we are using today as a day to clean the house and the bakery and I will start doing prep work for the weekend.

Also today, I have just finished spending time preparing some documents for the bank. We want to get a lease for the laminating machine, instead of me buying one with my personal savings. So, I had to provide our quarterly tax return information, along with our worksheet of income. I had no idea I would be so surprised with this information, but the month of November is already showing us nearly double the amount of daily income from August & September. We started to see the numbers going up in October and I thought maybe it was just a fluke, but now it is continuing for almost 3 weeks. THAT is not because of all the festivals. It is also not because of Tourists. We are just getting smarter and better at everything we do and it is showing when we tally up the numbers.

This really makes me very happy, and very proud of the work we are doing. I know this blog has a lot of complaints from me, and moments where I want to jump out a window, but in the end, it is moments like today that reel me back in and remind me what this ride is really all about.

And I close by saying this... it is something I said before in the blog some time ago. If you have a dream. If you believe in something. If you are told it is the worst idea ever and you will suffer and struggle and fail.. you read my blog again and again. You CAN be successful. You CAN fulfill your dreams.

Three important things;
1. You must believe in what you want to do (baker, seamstress, whatever it is)
2. You MUST MUST MUST believe in yourself
3. You MUST NOT wait for tomorrow. Planning is essential, but when you spend too much time planning, you end up talking yourself out of doing what you dream about.

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today
To-morrow will be dying.



The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,
The higher he's a-getting,
The sooner will his race be run,
And nearer he's to setting.



That age is best which is the first,
When youth and blood are warmer;
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.



Then be not coy, but use your time,
And, while ye may, go marry:
For having lost but once your prime,
You may forever tarry.


 
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