I realize I've taken a fairly long break from writing here. Sorry for my lengthy absence, life has been a little on the crazy side lately.
I've been thinking about starting a busniess, but wasn't sure what kind I want. I'd been thinking about many different modes of natural healing, and with each one the investment of time and money to learn it never felt worth it to me. With each one something was holding me back. In my heart I'm an artist. I'm also extremely introverted, and many of these modes of healing were not true to all the gifts God has given me. But when I thought about art it just doesn't seem to be true to my healing, empathic side. Then I got the idea of carving and polishing crystals. Now that's a job that can't just be done by a 3D printer! And it's the perfect combination of healing and art. I got some sandpaper, and started polishing a mostly flat side of a raw quartz I had, and I was just so full of joy! That was when I knew THIS is my path. It will likely take a year or two save the money to get all the supplies I will need, but I'm so grateful I didn't waste money investing in something that I would have eventually found to be the wrong fit for me and my family (just to start over again with something else).
The timing couldn't be better for me to find my life mission. My youngest is now over a year old, and my husband graduates college in a couple months. I can start learning about the business side and any skills I still lack in working with stone while I save the money needed to invest in supplies and raw stones. Everything in my life feels like it has been working together to get me to this point. I'll be able to photograph my work, having already studied photography. I've already worked with carving stone. My husband has experience selling things online...though it was Ebay and not Etsy which is what I think I will use. The only thing I lack is the business experience which would be the case no matter what kind of business I would have chosen. And it's something I can easily do here and there between meeting the needs of my family. A crystal I can set down to talk to my kids. A client would think me unprofessional if my family's needs interupted a session. Thank you, Lord, for directing my path to bring me to where I am today!
