Average Jane Turns A Page

It’s hard to admit when you’ve failed at something.  That’s probably why it saddened me on Saturday when I filed the last tax return and closed the bank account for a business I’d started less than two years ago.

Looking back, I realize that I’d never really had a good plan – just a couple of clients and the ability to handle projects ranging from copywriting to editing, print layouts, marketing, web content development, etc., etc., etc.  If I’d treated myself as a client, I’d have forced myself to limit the offering to one or two clearly related services.  As it was, I ended up running from one small project to another, never developing a clientele in a particular specialty.

Fortunately, for the last year I’ve had a job that allows me creative freedom and is also teaching me some of the disciplines I lacked when I was on my own.  I don’t miss the uncertainty of entrepreneurship at all.

I snapped out of my little pity party fairly quickly after I rejoined my husband and went to lunch in a nearby town we both really enjoy.  We’ve had better times and we’ve had worse times and everything always seems to come out all right in the end.