1 Week Follow Up

One week after I started my goal of selling 30 products in 30 days is going pretty well. So I am 1 out of 30. 29 more Mary Kay products to go. As for the 4 new customers. That as well is going pretty well. Only 3 more new customers to go. So I am Happy. I have recently discovered that if you put it out there. If you tell people what your goals are, than Oh My God, it is that much easier to achieve them. People are supportive, people want to see what you are up to and they want to help.

Its about letting go of the fear. I am telling people what I do. I am telling more and more people that I sell Mary Kay. I don't know why I was afraid before. I don't need to be afraid, People respond to what you are doing, they may not necessarily become a customer but they will say, "Hey, that is cool, Good luck to you." Some even ask for a catalog.

So here I go, about to start week 2. Lets see, There are 4 days in this work week (thank you Labor Day). I'm going to stretch myself and see if I can sell 5 to 7 products this week. Maybe even 10.

With all this new hope I have and bravery of advertising my business there is still some fear. There is always fear. I just ordered almost $200 worth of inventory and samples. I seriously hope can sell the product I have and hopefully, from the samples I ordered, sell some from that too. Hmmm, never hurts to double the sales and customer base.

Here I go, Week 2.

Mary Kay!!!

I have been selling Mary Kay since November of 2008. When I first started selling Mary Kay I said to myself it would be MY business and MY business only. I would do what I wanted how I wanted to and for my business. So far it has been working out for me, it has been fun too. Not really profitable, but fun and what I think is a good start to my business. But now, as we sit in these economic time and me in my economic situation I am thinking. Now is the time to take that next step in my business. I am going to amp it up. I am still doing MY thin with MY business and of course am doing it MY way. I am setting my own goals. Of course Mary Kay has goals they set up each month for their consultants, but sometime they just aren't what I need for my business.

Alexis' September goal:
30 Products in 30 days.
Exactly how it sounds. Starting September 1st, I am going to sell 30 products in 30 days. Of course, if I sell 3 products to a customer in 1 day, that counts at 3 products toward my 30.

And because there are 4 weeks in September, I am going to get 4 new customers.

Stay tuned to see how I do.

Never out of Touch

I am currently sitting in quaint Mexican restaurant in the C Gates of McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, I myself being a Las Vegas local, I am about to go on vacation. But I have my laptop, yes, I have my laptop and am taking advantage of the airports free wi-fi. And I'm not the only one. As I look around there are many people in the restaurant who are on their computer. Most are smarter, or luckier than I and have found larger tables to accommodate both them, their computer and their food. Me, I have a tiny table, just big enough for my computer and my beer,my computer angled ever so strategically to maybe, just MAYBE fit my food once it comes.

Looking around, I can't help but wonder, how many people are actually working, after all it is almost 6:30 in the evening, and although it Thursday, it is the day before a holiday weekend, and oh yea, did I mention I am in Vegas. I asked the gentleman sitting next to me and he stated that he is doing half and half, checking emails and then he would "be puttering." Same for me, I was on Facebook earlier and then plan to go shopping or back to Facebook after I write this. Oh yea, and work, I will also be following up, time permitting, on my Mary Kay stuff.

The funniest thing that has dawned on me is that, NO, you cannot just go on vacation and fall of the grid anymore. With the invention of laptops, wi-fi, blackberries, 3G, etc. You are EXPECTED to stay in constant touch. Once you leave the office, the office comes with you in the form of a very stylish phone so your boss, co-workers and clients can email, call and text you even while you are enjoying your after dinner cocktail or vacation and thinking about how much you hate your boss/co-worker(s)/clients. And, they EXPECT you to reply, after all, what did your company give you that fancy expensive phone for in the first place?

Technology can be fun too, Facebook, Twitter, blogs, email, you are in constant touch with all your friends and family, and anyone else you want stalk, I mean follow. While you are at the airport, you can see what all your friends are up to and then brag that you are having a beer and about to go on vacation. Then you can go see what the latest Hollywood gossip is, all while checking your work email, from the airport, where you are about to on vacation.

While being in constant touch does have its ups and downs, one good thing is that when you just don't feel like people watching anymore or your bored, it gives you something to do. Or at least look like your doing something even though you may just be mindlessly surfing the net. Right now, I'm thinking I should have brought my ear phones so I could watch a Netflix movie before my plane boards. But now, I'm looking busy, writing, finishing my beer and waiting for my check. And as part of a never stop working, never be out of touch attitude, you know I am going to give the waitress my business card before I leave.

All while I post this blog.

State of the Union

Well, it has been a little over 2 months since Obama has been in office. I myself voted for him and am a huge supporter of his efforts. Unfortunately, our President inherited one hell of a mess. Including the worst economy since the Great Depression, a needless war in Iraq, banks failing (back to the terrible economy) and an energy crisis. Among other things. So, with Obama being in office for just over 2 months, even my supportive mind must wonder, what has he accomplished? In a recent televised press conference he basically outlined his plans and his progress and stated at the end, in so many words, bear with me. And I am, but being an American living through and experiencing this economy. I myself have recently maxed out my own credit card, I know several who have either lost their jobs or taken pay cuts just to keep their jobs. My own business is feeling the pinch. Mary Kay may be a great product, but if you can barely afford groceries, how can you afford lip gloss? So, what has Obama done? Are we right now seeing progress? I don't know. I have seen the stock market take an optimistic turn for the better in the last 2 weeks. Consumer spending was up slightly in February. I may also see a slight raise in April, thanks to Obama lowering taxes for the other 90% of Americans, less will be taken out of my paycheck and more put into my pocket.

I have seen some forms of change happening on Wall Street. AIG and other banks receiving bailout money now have someone to answer too. Basically Obama saying if we give you tax payer money, we are going to tell you how you can and cannot spend it. (i.e. no big bonuses) I also even saw on the news today that the CEO of GM was asked to step down by the White House. More evidence that in order to save the American Auto Industry, an industry that is also in peril and if were to fail would be devastating. Evidence that the government is stepping in to regulate and ensure that whatever practices that were in place to make the auto industry fail will no longer happen. Maybe this will be seen as a warning shot to Ford and Chrysler.

Now of course to many it may look a little like socialism that the government is stepping in. But really, I don't think so. This is our country. The government is a group of public elected officials put in place to ensure this country succeeds, and if the government needs to step in to help failing crucial systems to the country, than I say let them. They are doing their job. And I think they are doing a great job. We are still in a recession and I don't know when we will get out, but I do know one thing. We have a President who is aware of the situation and is working with his team to fix it. So President Obama, I will bear with you.

Been Awhile

Wow, I have not written a blog in so long. I guess I kind of stopped. Not intentionally though. I was told that many of my blogs, well I guess all of them were pretty much the same thing and kind of negative. Well taking that as constructive critisizm and with a grain of salt I wasn't really offended but I just didn't know what else to write about. At the time that I originally started this blog I was going through a few things, and I guess I still am, its a process. All humans at all points in their lives go through various stages, trials and experineces and that is what makes us who and what we are as humans. Right now, I guess I'm just chilling. Just hanging out and living my life. I did start a new business though, its going well I guess. I started selling Mary Kay, but I promised myself and my friends that I wouldn't be "One of those" Mary Kay ladies. I am doing this business as I have always done everything in my life. My way. I am doing this for extra money, but I just don't feel comfortable pressuring something on my friend and even people I don't know on something they just don't want. I like it though. It's a great product and a great company. And for me, I am happy, I am looking for ways to increase my customer base, but I guess like all things, that will come in time.

I am really trying to find positive things to talk about, and really, I am a positive person but writing, I write to get things off my chest. This is what I am getting of my chest, just things that I notice in life. What's the point of talking about stuff you have talked about over and over. A blog is writing, just writing, writing anything you want. That is what I am doing.

Keep reading, and see if I write about anything positive, I'm sure I will, I will write what I feel.

See you later. :)

Lake Michigan in the Fall