I closed my store!

Ah! The best decision I ever made. Lee wanted me to close it long before I did, but I kept resisting.

Partly, I didn’t know what I would do for income  if I closed the store. Also, I really didn’t like him telling me what to do!

He could see the added strain on me from trying to hold it all together by myself and really wanted me to close it.

Deciding to close the store took me nearly a year, but when I was ready, I did it in 30 days.

I told James yesterday that today was 2 years since I closed the store. He said, “Wow.”

It’s gone by so fast. I am so thankful that I finally closed it.

Sometimes, I miss it. I miss the creativity of running a store. I miss setting up window displays. I miss customers–well a few of them I don’t!

I miss being known in the community as a business woman. (That is pride, I know!)

I miss designing advertisements. I miss the little freebie perks I got–free tickets, gifts from other businesses, etc.

I do not miss the overhead. I don’t miss cranky customers–the customer is NOT always right just so you know. I don’t miss the hours of work. I don’t miss being so tired. I don’t miss having to think seasons ahead to plan and prepare.

I also love driving around town without having to look for a new location! I always had my eyes open just in case there was a better spot.

I think the store in a lot of ways was a good thing, but it was also so much work.

I’ve definitely adjusted to being home. I truly wonder how in the world I ever did it all before.

Here are a couple posts I wrote at that time.

Thoughts on Not Owning a Business (with other posts linked there)

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