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Welcome to my blog. Here I will discuss life as I know it. I named my blog Quarter Life Crisis, because I feel that many twenty somethings are in the same boat that I'm in. We just don't know what to do with our lives. At this age, the possibilities are endless, which is awesome, but it's also super hard to decide.

For me, my decision is whether to build my career around my "day job" or around my artwork. Lately I've been dabbling in both, just to see which one takes off first!

May 5th was the first time I sold my artwork. Yep, I put a price on it and people bought it. Of course it was my first art/craft fair, and I didn't sell much, but the fact that I sold at all made me feel legitimate. I found that most of my customers were middle aged or younger, and they knew what they liked when they saw it. Of course, there were lots of elderly people and bargain shoppers at this show, so I didn't fit in too well. Most of the vendors were retired folk who didn't have high expectations for their wares... meaning they didn't intend on earning a living off it. And of course, most of the crafts were granny crafts, for example, the towels with the buttons sewn on so you can hang them on your appliance handles. Uhh... yeah, I think a towel can hang well enough on it's own. Anyway, my tie dye and country crafts just shouldn't mix anymore. I was really glad to have been there though. I learned a lot about who my customers were.

I also learned that my customers think scarves are pretty, but no one really wants one for themselves. The scarves I had for sale got lots of people touching them, and tons of compliments, but no sales. Most of the sales were from actual clothing items. I also learned that men and babies are a bigger part of my market than I expected. I made most of my designs to suit my own tastes, so I didn't know that guys would appreciate that. I also made a variety of sizes, because I just can't stand it when clothing designers act like skinny girls are the only people who wear cute clothes. Of course the few shoppers I had, were actually small like me, so they saw larger sizes and kept on moving.

So of course, I have tons of new ideas as to how to set up my booth next time and what shows I should start applying to. And then I start thinking about my real life schedule. My "day" job only allows me one Saturday off a month. How much does that suck? Well, it means I have to limit my craft shows!

Normally, I'd just ditch the day job and move on to something more flexible, but I actually like my job. I work at a car dealership, and when I present financing paperwork to customers, I feel important. I also appreciate that my job has room to move up. I could easily be in management within a few years. I felt so proud the last couple weeks when I went to the weekly asset review meetings and presented the missing title report. All of the managers are present at this meeting, and they all congratulate me afterwards for knowing my stuff and for being so confident in my speaking skills. I must say, that feels good.

Although... rumor has it that other dealerships pay more! I would hate to jump ship for another dealership though. From what I understand most of the other places are dishonest. I couldn't work for a place that hires the stereotypical used car salesman.