The trouble with the quiet times is that our fears creep in to scare us.
The thing that I tell myself during quiet times to help me is that it can’t be busy for everyone all the time. We all have quiet weeks.
The way I deal with my fears is starting to make a list of priorities. Figuring out what’s essential and begin to get done and organized.
Quiet times often means orders aren’t flooding in, but it doesn’t mean there’s nothing to do.
You need to be smart and try not to get down about it, I know it’s a worry, but we’re all in the same boat, and it will pick up again.
And, if there’s not a lot of money coming in, not a lot’s going out either. And it best to make our list depending on how much much of an expense it will be.
My to-do list to stay motivated in quiet times
- Help sales, along with marketing, promotions, etcโฆ
- Check product listings on all platforms for general mistakes ย and spellings
- Implement and think about how to update your existing products
- Update photographs of existing products
- Design new products
- Write descriptions for them and save as a draft
- Plan photoshoots making a list of props and, what order shall I take them
- Social media plan and blog plan
- Brainstorm ideas for blog posts
- Marketing plan for new product launches
- Organize my workspace
If you’ve done everything you can to encourage sales, then enjoy the pause and don’t feel bad about it.
When you’re ready, start with your to-do list, so you know you’ve achieved something, and you’re still working towards your goal but not under a crazy amount of stress.
In the end, quiet times are beautiful opportunities to tick off all those boring jobs!