Class in the morning on doing a beverage photo shoot.
I know nothing about this, but am learning as fast as I can.
I met w/ some staff to discuss sales. It was a little triggering as I realized how much we’ve lost since I quit and the other person I trained personally quit and other sales people quit.
Jay is exhausted. He’s working very long days and has too much on his plate. He’s running the whole company and everyone reports to him. That’s twenty people. We’re hiring a new employee after the debacle w/ me recently and that means resumes and interviews.
We had a talk about the business for an hour last night, and I felt I could do that without triggering him or myself for the most part. He’s extremely stressed, and things need to shift in the sales department. We need our outside sales guy to close and our new inside sales people to expand current opportunities.
I spent the evening researching beverage photo shoots. I’m learning a lot and just hope it comes to good use in the future, in terms of personal satisfaction and the ability to earn money.
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In other earth-shaking news, I felt like calling my mom today. I was reminded of how many things she did well for me as a kid growing up. Jay and I talked about that some last night, walking from a restaurant to Trader Joe’s. We are both suspicious that his bio mom maybe wouldn’t have been the best mom in terms of general interest. I said I had a couple of aunts who also fell into that category.
It made me realize that I was born into a family where my mom really wanted kids and wanted to be a mom and do mom things. She did all that, and I can look back with real emotion and happiness, remembering how much she poured into us and was there for us. Not all women are destined to be mothers, just like all men don’t want to be dads. It should be okay to say that. I’m saying it right now. But when you have a mom, it’s nice to realize your mom really wanted to be a mom and showed up for the job.