Well as we all hope a new year will be a good year,
my year has unfortunately started off not so well and it has kind of left me re
evaluating everything!
So on the 7th of Jan I was let go from my job due
to the company making cutbacks, and this situation could have been so much more
stressful if I hadn’t moved back home the week before! Never the less it
was a big shock to me and all my colleagues and in the days afterwards I was
just stuck on what to do and at the time it felt like id well and truly
failed.
Having the time to think of what I really wanted to
do, as I was totally unsure if I wanted to go back into beauty
therapy. I was angry at the fact a salon who asked me to work for
them, a salon that I recruited for and being a key holder had let me
go it was something that I was completely in two minds about.
Later in the evening I got talking to some of
my clients through social media and they said they will stick by me whatever my
choice which under the circumstances made me feels a bit emotional, knowing
someone you have met on professional grounds is willing to stick by you no
matter what!
But... It got me thinking .. Why should I throw
away all those years of training, and working as a therapist just to give it
up? I'm not trained in anything else so I would have to completely start again!
Why don’t I become self employed? No one to listen to, I choose my hours, and
it’s down to me to make it a success, no one else, just me!
So doing my research I found a place with a room to
rent and just out of interest I called to see if I could go and speak to
someone about renting out the salon room (as its far too uncomfortable clients
knowing where I live or me going into a strangers house). So I went down and
had an informal chat about the room, I left feeling good about myself, the
woman who said just think of me as your landlord seemed so laid back and she
was lovely.
So a few days have passed and ive been
doing some calculations, if I can support myself and what id need as a
minimum. It is a massive life choice and one that is going to take blood, sweat
and tears. But the thought of failing is still holding me back.
There are so many unanswered questions and so many
reasons why it could fail! But I keep telling myself there is no better
opportunity than now! I have my full family and client support with no house to
pay for, just do it, just do it, just do it.
Currently I have made a website and have some
business cards ready to be ordered, I have a list of pros and cons and a future
plan with an ultimate goal.
I am currently waiting for a response as I have
asked for another meet up as I have a few more questions to ask, her answer to
those questions will decide my fate.