Terrific Training for a tall woman of life
So far, so good
I have been thoroughly impressed with the training and community interaction at Wealthy Affiliate. So much information to learn and the training makes it pretty easy.
I have a split personality
I do notice some speed bumps with the profile choices. I have so many interests that I have already started online that I find it difficult to choose one to start with initially.
Should I focus one just one? Should I manage several at one time at the beginning of the process?
I have found that the community at large is very helpful and encouraging. I have so many questions and there are always people in the chat room to help me.
Moving forward
I see many great options and opportunities in my near future. Since I am devoting as much time as possible to the training, I should be moving closer to my goal of providing myself an income full time.
Replacing my current income is only half the battle. Setting up a solid retirement fund for the not too distant future is paramount. I am over 50 and that makes the goal much more important. It should be known that my current employment is not enjoyable by any means. Being my own boss again is something I look forward to.
Using experiences
I have had so many jobs in a lot of industries: Food service, food retail, retail based service, clothing service, IT management, banking and the list is nearly endless. I have worked in just about every area except healthcare and law enforcement
My first true career was in tailoring. I come from a very tall family. I was the short one at 5'11". My mother was taller than I am at a decent 6'1". Consequently, we both had problems finding clothing to fit.
In my early life, the 1960s, I needed to find something to relieve my boredom. I found incomplete sewing projects that my mother had started. My six year old brain didn't know anything about sewing but my mother noticed I needed an interest. Sewing was fine with her.
Mom started to feed my interest by teaching me the very basics; threading a needle, basic stitches sewn into fabric and embroidery. Having mastered that rather quickly she moved to simple doll clothes kits.
I finished several doll dresses in no time. Mom thought this may be something I could use in the future. Being tall has drawbacks. You don't have a lot of options for length. Learning to sew clothing would solve the problem of ill-fitting clothes.
As I moved through my childhood and early teens I kept sewing. In school, I took every sewing class. When the class project was a shirt, I made two plus a dress.
Funny story here. Imagine a fifth grader getting all the supplies needed to make a pink gingham dress. I immediately lost the instructions from the pattern envelope. The teacher said I needed to but another pattern to get another set of instructions. I actually said to her, "No, I think I figure it out." She rolled her eyes. I made the dress anyway. It fit and I was off and running with a bankable vocation.
The Town Tailor
I got married, had a child and felt bored again. I got a job as a tailor thinking I knew everything. I didn't. I waslucky to have a fantastic mentor who really taught me how to sew. My knowledge base grew by leaps and bounds. I couldn't be stopped. For some reason I just knew what to do with any piece of clothing in my hands. It didn't stop there, if it fit under a sewing machine foot it was done. My motto was, "If it's been sewn, it can be resewn."
In several years I opened my own tailor shop called Town Tailors. My first venture into entrepreneurship was born. I closed the shop five years later to go back in to the big corporate world but I always look at small empty store fronts and wonder if it would be a good location for a tailor shop.
Tailoring is ridiculously hard work and I have all but given up the vocation. My focus is now on online marketing and affiliate revenue.
The years have power
I have leaned a lot in the intervening years. I have the power to do whatever I set my mind to do. I know a lot and I have a lot of knowledge to pass on. I can make a difference and help people.
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Hey Theresa, you remind me of myself, loving so many things. I discovered my love for...Too many things, were causing me to deprive everything. That fact alone, signified my need to buckle down and tackle one thing at a time. But even now, I sometimes have to put on my blindfolds, so I can miss the falling "shining objects"...LoL. It's a challenge, girl, the struggle is real, I feel ya. Your story was motivating. I like that you was passionate about tailoring, as well as persistent and full of will-power. You executed the characteristics needed for any chosen niche. Thanks for sharing.