Big Announcement

I’ve been alluding to some big changes for the past couple of weeks, a few people already know what’s going on but I thought that an officialish announcement was needed.

So today marks my first day of full-time self employment. Yep, I quit the day job. Scary, huh?

For the past year or so I’ve been trying to juggle Finest Imaginary with my full time working commitments, it’s been tough, frustrating and, to be quite honest, exhausting. There have been countless occasions that I’ve had to hold back on progressing my own business due to my job and this was the most frustrating thing ever.

I’ve been toying with the idea of taking Finest Imaginary full time for a while, but there’s never been a perfect time to do it. I’ve always thrown around so many ‘What Ifs’ and ‘Buts’ that it’s made my head hurt!

During our recent trip to Florida I had chance to take stock of where I was at, where I was going, and how I wanted to get there. It was refreshing to sit back and get excited about Finest Imaginary again, and consider where I wanted to take my small business. So I decided enough was enough. There was and is never going to be a perfect time to do this, some times might be slightly better than others, but there’s never a perfect time.

I’ve been working on Finest Imaginary for the past 4 years and I’ve watched as we’ve been featured in numerous publications, grown our client and fan base, and evolved from a tiny range of 3 necklaces to what we are today. I’m ridiculously excited and psyched up for what the next chapter of my business will hold.

So here’s the fun stuff, starting on Monday I’ll be holding a week long “Working for Yourself” blog party. I’ve got a tonne of amazing guest posts lined up, a giveaway, some more indepth posts about my planning & strategies, and some resource sharing.

See you then! :D