Sometimes your best intentions never turn out to be what you thought they might. Our intent on renting a storefront was really to move production "hat central"out of my dining room and into another space. Somehow our little hat store quickly became filled with toys. None of us had merchandising or retail experience but we didn't worry about the details so much. We were excited and wanted our little store to be that best that it could. One thing I learned from a mentor early on in my career was to "always own who you are, when you are, where you are". It's not to say that you shouldn't dream of bigger things because you most definitely should but live in the moment and be who you are, when you are, where you are. If you can't afford mahogany shelves for displays -it's okay do the very best with what you have at the moment and treasure it. Believe me your willingness to be grateful for what you have in the moment will go a long ways towards attracting the future you are dreaming of and holding onto for your goals. I was listening to someone talk about the importance of "doing". It's good to dream but some point you have to start doing. May I suggest baby steps in the beginning? And honestly some days I wake up and have no idea what I am doing but I put my heart in the right direction and start working towards something, whether it is crossing an item of my to do list or reaching out to a colleague I haven't spoken with in years.
I guess the most important thing is when you set a goal don't become too attached to it. Work towards it but if you gutt leads you in a slightly different direction follow it! And one day you might wake up wondering when did we become a toy store?
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