As we begin to wrap up the final touches on our holiday collections we're reminded of our blessings. The joy that we feel in our hearts is the same joy that we wish for you not just during Christmas, but year-round. We're open three more days before we take our winter break, and I must admit when it gets this late and so close to Christmas I'm eager to do just that, break. This season I've got books to finish and goals to meet so I'm thrilled to get those projects completed and move on to the next.
I was chatting with a customer yesterday and we were talking about introverts versus extroverts. I've come to learn something about myself that as crazy as it sounds I didn't compare myself to an introvert until just recent days. I do believe that you can be both. I guess that was the surprise that I thought it was not possible to be both, but you can. When I'm working at home on the computer or manufacturing I'm an introvert, but when I'm at the shop I'm an extrovert. I am blessed to have the best of both. It also offers an amazing balance in my life. I love people and always have, I'm eager to learn about others' viewpoints and lives. So when I'm home hunkered down in soap making I'm quiet and filled with solitude, but when I'm at the shop it's noisy and filled with conversing. The best of both worlds so to speak. Feeling grateful and thankful.
I'm also putting the finishing touches at the shop. Make sure to keep Bittersweets in stock to a certain point, however, in the three remaining days that our shop is open this year I'll want to get inventory down to a mere minimum. It's kind of a good feeling when the final day arrives that we're open and there's not a bar in the house! That means I'm calculated correctly. You may not be aware of that, but each season a calculation is made on just how many bars of soap we're going to need to fulfill demand. It's actually become a sort of game to see just how accurate those calculations are. Typically they've been spot-on over the years within a bar or two of soap. I used to work for a book fair company and one of my jobs was to calculate how many books were needed for each school. It's all done with a variety of math equations. I always found it to be ironic that math was even a part of my life considering I hated it in school and was challenged with every number and teacher. Then I became a bank manager and business owner. I quickly realized how important math is to your everyday life, and especially business. Pricing of products, statistics, and numbers of all shapes and sizes are key ingredients to understanding how things work. This is when I learned to never say never, and those thoughts ring true today!
This Christmas I'm wishing you peace and joy. Regardless of your situation, may joy fill your spirit and comfort you at all times. The holidays can be stressful for just about everyone regardless of your situation I know because I've been there and I understand. Don't sweat the small stuff, and make peace with yourself over the things that you cannot control. Turn it over to God and he will take care of it all. Believe. Trust, and keep the faith.
JOY! A three-letter word that is much larger than its size. Ha, math!
Merry Christmas!
Jill
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