Tuesday, May 11, 2010
What Are Your Hopes And Dreams For The Future?
I was recently asked this question by a newspaper reporter that is doing a story about me. When she asked it I had a moment of panic. Argh! I have to have hopes and dreams? For the future? I told her that I really don't think that much about the future. I try to just live each day as it comes. Enjoy each day for what it brings. The problem is that this got me thinking after she left. What DO I want for the future? I keep thinking about it over and over. Do I need goals? Do I have to have goals? Okay then self, what are your goals? .....My goal is to be happy. Well, goal reached, I am already happy. My goal is to go where God leads me. I already try to do that. Be specific.....What about my business, I ask myself. Where do I see it going? Other people have asked me questions like this about my business also. I am never quite sure what to answer. My sister says I should grow my business large enough to hire some employees. She really loves my soap so she has grand visions of my future. I, however, am not too sure that is what I want. I can't imagine having a business that large. I enjoy my little hobby business. My parents owned a restaurant while I was growing up and I know they were married to their business. They had time for nothing else. I don't want that. What if I get huge and I don’t have time to play? What if I don’t have time for the farmers market? I can't imagine not spending my Saturday in the sun, talking to the public. And it is the best people watching place on the planet (I may be slightly exaggerating). Of course, I view that choice completely differently when it is raining, or windy and cold. But maybe having hopes and dreams for the future is over rated. After all, who knows what the future will bring anyway. I know things didn’t work out the way I planned it back in my youth when I was silly enough to think I had control over my future. If they had I would not be married, have kids or ANY animals and I would live in an apartment in the city like "That Girl" or "Mary Tyler Moore". That sounds just awful to me now so I am not sure I can be trusted to make plans for the future. For now, I think I'll just keep trusting God to take care of the details and pray that I don't screw things up too badly.
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I totally agree! :)
If you're happy I think you have achieved it all:)) I would love to read more about your soap business. I assume you make goats milk soap?? I made my first batch last fall and have many of the same questions you have~ what to do with it now, how big would I really want to get with any farm stuff. Do you sell at farmers markets? I thought that would be an interesting venue, but I am not much of a sales person.
Yes, it is goat milk soap. I do farmers market and several bigger events around. I try not to go far enough to need a hotel and I try to stick to events that the entrance fees aren't too high. Everyone elses products are so much more expensive than mine it takes a lot more sales on my part to make a profit. But on the up side, when no one else is selling anything I am still selling. Sales is an interesting thing. There is a fine line between being friendly and being annoying. I love the psychology of it. Reading people has become a hobby because of it.
I would love to make soap out of my extra goat milk (like I really have extra), but I can't find lye. Do you get yours from the Internet, or is there some other magical way to make soap?
I buy mine in 50 pound bags from a chemical supply company. You can also get it online from AAA Chemical http://www.aaa-chemicals.com/sodium-hydroxide.html
Thanks for the tip. I hate to try ordering from random places off the Internet.
Great post! That would be a tough question to answer. If you are anything like me, future goals sometimes change. I have had to scale down and adjust goals but I agree the most important future goal anyone can have is to be happy.
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