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What’s Your Backup Plan?

November 16, 2014

Always have a backup plan, no matter what…

mascara, makeup setYou’ve probably heard it said “the best-laid plans of mice and men oft’ go awry… I was reminded of this just this morning as I was applying my mascara while preparing to catch an early morning flight to Houston, TX.

Then it happened, I don’t know how, but it did. I lost my grip on my mascara brush and it fell into the toilet.

[Tweet “The best-laid plans of mice and men oft’ go awry… I just lived this… again…”].

I have told myself many many times to stop standing anywhere near the porcelain throne while applying my makeup for exactly this reason. I always feared that some implement of facial beautification would end up in there and in my mind I just never allowed myself to mentally complete the full thought because the idea alone made me shudder and, as a result, I would always just take a step or two farther away from the bowl.

Well, in my rush this morning, that “daymare” did not have time to jump into my mind and then it happened.

So I had a choice to make:

  1. Reach into the bowl and retrieve the mascara, then finish applying it to my un-primped left eye eyelashes
  2. Flush the truant applicator down the bowl and head out to the airport with my “Big Bird”-length lashes on my right eye and nothing on my left eyelashes
  3. Hope and pray that by some miracle (or extremely good fore-planning) I had a spare bottle of mascara to save the situation (aka, a backup plan)

So what’s your backup plan for your Etsy business? Do you think you need one or not? If your Etsy business isn’t going in the direction you want it to, at least, not immediately or not at the moment, what do you plan to do?

Bail… Re-tool… Reach out for help…? If so, where and to whom? Do you know what resources are available to you as an Etsy seller if your initial plan isn’t working out? Here are some ports of call you might want to consider making if you find yourself in such a predicament:

  • Etsy Seller Handbook
  • Etsy teams
  • Etsy forums

If you’re reading this post and you know of other resources that have helped you succeed in your Etsy endeavors, please feel free to share them below in the comments section.

So, you might ask, what did I end up doing about my little mascara fiasco situation? I’ll do this… If I can get five people to ask me in the comments section below, then I’ll reveal my answer. And let me say this, I surprised even myself with the outcome… 😉

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