Oh yeah thats right I forgot about turning it back on.. Im finally in my down time right now and always end up realizing I only have 2 gears on and off. I have to work on that!

And only 20% of your sales come from 80% of your efforts…as an art marketing executive.

So perhaps just make the art. Maintain the website weekly. Have the online shopping cart and show various options for worldwide shipping?

Now just paint your art vision with several versions of the same inspiration.

Yes, that’s right, Jason. For those of us who are consumed by our creative work, it’s hard to turn it off (and then turn it on again at will).

Wendy: Careful what you wish for, right? And … congratulations on your successes. It sounds like you have handled them with grace.

Excellent perspective, Cherry. Yep, hours spent are not best measurement since we tend to expand to what’s available (Parkinson’s Law, as Jay identified above).

Cut back on the social media, Vicki. Set some boundaries around that.

Mary Lou: What is your weakest link? What’s hardest to say No to?

There’s being a friend, and there’s “saving” friends from their own habits as a feel-good “excuse” for procrastination. I have to watch when I’m saying “yes” to a friend’s sense of urgency in case I’m *really* saying “no” to my own priorities.

This is SO true! My business more than doubled this summer and the business end of my career flooded into almost every waking hour I had left to create. It took a lot of thought to make business decisions that would move me into a new level of business practices that better suit all the new clientele. Each new growth spurt has its challenges… and rewards.