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Zero listings for me last week. I had a LOT of shipping from last minute shoppers and we’re having a big family reunion this week so any spare time was spent making the farmhouse lovely.
I’ve thought a LOT about my master list of things I want to accomplish next year and it’s very very LARGE. It’s a bit overwhelming and I know I should cut some of it, but it all seems important goals to me, so that’s difficult.
Help me, Obi Wan Amatino!
Zero listings for last week. Super busy with orders, and also still have lingering fatigue. Plus we had five Christmas trees to put up! I checked out my numbers as you suggested Amatino, and this year I averaged just over 18 a week. Granted, it was an unusually challenging year, but I think I need to set my sights on a more realistic goal, moving forward. I really liked the idea of doing 2020 or 2021 and so forth, but I haven’t achieved my goal once in the five years we’ve been doing this and it would be nice to actually reach it next year! SO I have decided to set my weekly goal next year to 25. I think it’s doable!
I have started making my list, as the homework assignment for this week.
Hope everyone has a great week ahead! Happy Holidays, whichever one you celebrate!
No listings for me last week. Just too much else going on. Sharyn you may win with 9 listings!
Sorry you were ill VT, hope you are on the mend quickly! We are finally feeling better in our household, although much more fatigued than usual….which I think is normal.
41 listings last week. I spent a lot of time listing over the weekend, once I realized how much Christmas I still had to list.
I finally watched the “witch dance live feed” Amatino….how fun!
no listings last week. Charlie and I have covid again. It turns out that the strain my mom has is different than the strain my dad had, so we have the dubious distinction of catching covid from both parents, at different times. We were assured by her doctor that it was highly unlikely that we could catch it from her, since we’d had it so recently, but apparently highly unlikely isn’t the same as impossible, because it WAS possible. Just a heads up, folks. There are a lot of different highly contagious strains floating around out there….be careful.
2022 has been a very interesting year.
14 listings last week. The dreaded covid finally caught Charlie and me, so any listing is good listing, everything considered. We’re on the mend and feeling much better. I’d say back to normal soon, but I don’t know what to call normal anymore.
12 listings for me last week. It’s not a huge number but it’s bigger than the past few weeks. I don’t even know my monthly challenges at this point, but I hope for a fresh start in January and attempt them again.
Hope your ankle feels better Sharyn!
Hello I’m back after weeks of Brookhaven! No listings for the weeks I was gone, but I did manage 4 listings last week. We got home at 10pm last Monday night after unloading the truck and man I was tired…I must have took half a dozen naps the next few days. But it was worth it! Had a very successful show and sold tons of things. We even managed to do several YouTube videos about the show…my favorite is about what it takes to set up the show…..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC0bX2ZCOoI&t=796s
We also had one of our videos go viral…with almost ten thousand views! I filmed my friend’s house which is decorated with a fantastic collection of vintage Halloween.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRzoBKx6D3g&t=450s
Y’all are doing so well with your listings…it certainly is inspiring me to get back into it!
And Amatino…a witche’s flash mob dance? Video or it didn’t happen!
Happy Halloween everyone!
Thanks everyone for the good wishes. There are still some things to work out but my dad is loving his new apartment and living arrangements…and especially the food! We took a quick little anniversary picking trip this weekend and had a great time. 5 listings last week, but for better reasons.
Hope everyone has a great week ahead.
10 listings for me last week. The situation with my dad has still been extremely challenging, including a trip to the ER, where we spent all night last night. He’s fine now, but it was scary while it lasted. Right now I’d settle for a complete and good night’s sleep.
VT–hope you have a great vacation!
Julie, I am so sorry to hear you are struggling with fatigue. Here’s hoping your energy returns quickly!
Thanks Christine and Amatino!
Sharyn, so far the response has been all positive to our filming. There’s a lot of people in the Portland area with GoPros, so maybe that helps. We went to the bins last week and angled the cameras down a bit to record what was in the bins and not people’s faces.
I only managed 5 listings last week. The elder abuse situation boiled over and we had to physically go and take my dad out of his home and get him to a safe place. We’d been working on getting him into assisted living, but there’s a lot of hoops to jump through and we were about 1-2 weeks away from making that happen. We wore our GoPros during the rescue and it’s a good thing because it kept things from escalating, at least until the very end, when she forgot herself and let loose. He’s safe now and we’ll have him in his new home by the weekend.
Maybe this will be the week that I actually get a decent amount listed? Maybe?
We only have two videos posted so far on our YouTube channel and are working on the video from the set-up of the Oregon City Antique Faire, and hope to post that in the next day or two. We’re beginners at all this and there’s a big learning curve, but we are having fun too, and hope that people enjoy watching our adventures.
I’m a novice at posting links on here….so let me know if it works?
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE74kgS0LJlqYPhlZDFlOSg/featured
My challenges have tanked this year as well, but I still love the idea and hope to get back to it with a fresh start after the holidays. It’s just been an insanely busy year and I am having a hard time getting anything listed, let alone focus on the challenges.
I had the trifecta of enormous tasks in the past 2 weeks, which is why my listing for that previous week is zero and last week is one whole listing. The first task was to spend copious amounts of time getting my dad situated to go into assisted living and out of his elder abuse situation. The second task was to prepare for and participate in the Oregon City Antique Faire. And the third task was to work with Charlie to get our new Youtube picking adventures channel up and running. Plus all the usual stuff. Oof.
The Oregon City show was a massive amount of work, but well worth it, as we had our best one-day show sale ever. EVER. It was crazy good! We left our house at 4:45am in a loaded U-haul truck, and returned at 9pm….exhausted but happy. People were there to buy….even at 7am!
Here’s hoping for a great September ahead for everyone!
