What is Tishana’s To Do List?
Hi, I’m back, to blogging and filming videos. And even though it scares me to put myself out there I keep coming back to it. I figure it’s the best way to use my own voice and to give my voice a platform. I want to speak for myself and give my goals a little platform and space to live in. I have some goals in mind, and for them to come to life I have to breathe life into it. This space on the internet is intended for me to document my projects, goals, and a little bit of life.
Primarily, I want to document my small business, Coco and Seed. I’ve been working on it part-time (sometimes part-part time) over the years, since 2013, and I have a few goals for it. I’d like to make it more of a priority in my day-to-day. I take what I do seriously but not in the way I want to.
To save story time for another time, in essence I have been a bit timid and unsure of how I wanted my business to live these past 3.5 years since the exposure it got from the first Today Show feature in 2020, then Oprah’s Favorite things in 2020. I went from my business being mostly my main focus of full-time work to overtime! Then after that I wasn’t sure what direction I wanted it to go in. It was shock to the system to figure out the beast I now had to deal with. And it’s odd, most people see what I’ve experienced and how hard I worked as the ultimate success, and I understand that view, but I didn’t see it that way.
Do I hire more people? Expand my office? Focus on getting in stores? There’s so much to think about and figure out!
I’ll share those stories in due time, but for right now I need to start where I am. And where I am is wanting to get more consistent and comfortable with identifying what I want to see in this small business and how to juggle the day job and this, my dream work.
So let’s dive into some to-dos. To organize my work life a little more and share what I know I’ll be doing this new series of mine. It’s definitely to hold myself accountable as well. So let’s start from where I am right now. In today’s video I have a few to-dos to do, so let’s get started on these. Cut to the footage!
Video number one of my new series of behind-the-scenes of small business life called Tishana's To-Do List.
MAIN GOALS FOR THIS PROJECT
create more - get in the habit of doing. If you go a long period without doing the things you used to it can create stagnation. I used to create all the time but have since slowed down or stopped altogether. Time to get that ball rolling again.
create consistency in my routine and in business - there’s only so much you can do in a day but you have to make time for it.
experiment with new things - printers, pins, designs, etc
be more organized
document my business for others and myself
share what I know - be a resource
share what I know - create resources
further develop the business
🔗 Links:
Read more about the feature on Intuit's blog: https://www.intuit.com/blog/social-responsibility/shop-small-shop-sustainably/
my business website: https://www.cocoandseed.com
business Instagram: https://www.istagram.com/coco_and_seed
