Today my blog is dedicated to my family & friends. Family, in my case, doesn’t describe the people I have a genetic connection with, it extends beyond that: to the people whom I am intricately involved with who make up my world. I always think about my family & friends during this time of year, as I get ready for christmas and print off my christmas card address labels. It's interesting to think about how the year has unfolded, how dreams have come true and an occasional miracle (or two) has happened.
When you make the decision to launch your own business and move from an office environment your world shrinks: no more coffee breaks, no more leaning against the fridge chatting about last night’s TV, its constant work and every moment is revenue earning, or biased towards generating revenue. If in the midst of the constant work a connection, that doesn’t involve a profit margin, evolves it’s incredibly special. I cherish the people I have met in the Wedding Industry who have become friends. Serving the public is demanding, challenging and sometimes emotional and that permeates through your computer and into your office. Support is vital. Twitter has become my virtual coffee machine and I’ve connected with some wonderful businesses, sorry "peeps", and it makes for some great office banter. I also consider myself lucky as I’ve also gotten to know some of my clients, who I now count as friends, I’ve heard about family upsets, people overcoming illnesses to travel to weddings and beyond that the ups and downs of family life as their lives have progressed. I’ve been sitting here plodding along, whilst my clients have been growing their lives. It’s been a wonderful experience.
Twice a year I connect with other businesses and meet my clients at the spring and autumn wedding shows. This is the first year, for many, many years that I haven’t experienced the chaos associated with shows and whilst I’m particularly sad to have missed both The National Wedding Show and Modern Bride that is taking place this weekend, I've also enjoyed having time off. Exhibitions have been critical, not just because they serve to grow our business, they also provide an opportunity to meet our clients, glean feedback on our work, and to connect with our friends in the Wedding Industry. I'm looking forward to being back with great gusto next year. Good luck for this weekend, if you are exhibiting at Modern Bride, if you are visiting please do let me know what you thought of the show. It's apparently going to be very good.
Talking of next year, there are some amazing plans bubbling away in Two by Two hq, we’ll let you know in good time and I’m particularly excited about our expansion plans...I’ll stop now before I upload the photographs and introduce you to the extended team. Next time I write the new office should be finished, the latest website revisions complete, and if I hurry up and finish my blog I’ll have time to run over to choose my skylights from Velux which means we may even have a roof in time for Christmas!
See you next month.
Nx
