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| Good news time! |
I've
waited both years and months to write a post like this one. Years
because what's happening has been part of my dreams for ages, in one
form or another, and months because I've known about the situation
for months, but didn't know specific details until last week.
I
am posting this simultaneously on my writing and review blog,
Nayu's Reading Corner, and on my craft blog, Nayu's Crochet Dreams.
Apologies for readers on NCD – I'd planned to post this on Sunday
instead of the usual Saturday post, but I got waylaid so opted to
leave it another day.
The
news is rather huge. Basically due to restructuring at work the
opportunity for voluntary redundancy came up. I decided to apply for
several reasons, some are too personal to say & I don't talk
about my job online. I'm not a spy – not that I'm admitting to it!
I just like privacy ^o^
Since
I started work my health has had a significant decline with both
fatigue levels and my severe chronic pain. This does affect my day
job when my commute each way is 40-50mins driving myself, making my
day a good 7 hours. I feel with the number of changes at work, I may
as well undergo them closer to home in a new job, which in the long term will make things easier for me.
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| Taking care of yourself is important. |
That
isn't happening at first though! I leave work at the end of June this
year I'm having July and August to focus on my crochet business,
Nayu's Crochet Dreams! And my writing, which makes my Muse a touch
more patient when I'm too tired to write. There are a lot of things I
want to do for my crochet business but with my day job and the need
to rest, I simply don't have the time for it, and currently refuse to
give up reading & reviewing less books. I'm a bit stubborn like
that! A lot of the work is behind the scenes like being on more craft
forums, actively following craft blogs, reading up on book keeping
and various other skills I'll need for running a business, so you
won't see them.
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| Thanks to the portability of technology I'll be able to blog in comfort wherever I go - same goes for crochet! |
There
are a few changes which you will see. There will be more posts,
especially for Nayu's Crochet Dreams which I'm super excited about. There will be a wider product range! Having more time to crochet is exciting – I'm looking forward to
spending afternoons doing crochet and watching DVDs or listening to audiobooks, just because I
can ^o^
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| I'll have lots of quality yarn time with my cat. |
Naturally I am working and trying to make this business get
off the ground (shop coming soon...). I've already mentioned on
Nayu's Reading Corner I'm looking to become an Audible affiliate.
That will still happen, but the big change for both blogs regardless
of which you visit is that I will be having ads.
Now,
in the past I'm been fairly against ads, as they used to be annoying,
more so when they weren't for anything I wanted and stuck out like a
sore thumb. However, with adsense, when I've been on blogs with
adverts I'm quite happy to have lovely, squishy looking balls of yarn
staring at me. I know that initially and probably for a long while
very few people will click on ads to hop to their favourite website
(be it full of yarn, books, dvds, clothes or other items), because
there's the possibility to make a smidge of money from adverts, it's
something I'm going to be doing. I'll be doing everything I can to
make Nayu's Crochet Dreams shine and become popular. My long term
dream has been to be able to make a living by writing and not needing
an external job. Over the last few years I was thinking that might
not be possible for a long time, but now I've started up my crochet
shop my new dream is to make enough from my crochet and my writing to
not need another job. I've needed to look at all the ways I could
potentially earn money, and ads is one of them.
I
expect to start having ads before July, but it really does depend
when I have time to set it up. Thanks to being on Blogger I think
it's relatively easy, but I know better than to think it will be a 15
minute job with technology gremlins on the prowl!
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| Summary of changes coming up! |
So
to recap I'll be devoting myself to my writing and my crochet come
1st
July! There will be ads on both Nayu's Reading Corner and Nayu'sCrochet Dreams possibly before then, definitely after. I will become
an Audible affiliate, and maybe others only if I believe in the
product. There will be more posts on Nayu's Crochet Dreams, and
undoubtedly a few more posts on Nayu's Crochet Dreams. The rest of
the action will be behind the scenes stuff which hopefully will show
results in the growth of my crochet sales.
Summer
2015 is going to be a huge change for me and my blogs. I'm looking
forward to sharing the highs and lows of being a full time writer and
crochet artist, even if it's only for 2 months. I will miss work
which I genuinely love doing. I'll be able to see my friends a bit
more, and that includes my work colleagues. I'll be able to see my
family a bit more too, all of which are important to me. I'm looking
forward to being able to take more of life at my own pace, to not
need to go out when I'm feeling peaky which as you know in winter can
be an awful lot. To not be so tired and worn out at the end of each
day will be bliss. Don't worry, with rest firmly in my daily schedule
now I won't be tempted to overdo things (at least not often...) I
feel blessed that God's lined up life like this for me, and I hope I
can make all my dreams come true!
I'd
love to hear your thoughts about the upcoming changes to the blogs.
If you have any questions I'll do my best to answer them in 24 hours
of spotting them. If there are any particular features you'd like
more of, please let me know! Nayu's Reading Corner has become a
success over the last 6 years because all of you view my posts. I'm hoping that Nayu'sCrochet Dreams – both the blog and soon to be open shop – will do
just as well with time, dedication, and visits from you. Thank you
for your continued support and encouragement ^o^
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| The future is looking bright, and I'm racing towards it! |
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