In a creative-type business the First Quarter of the year means lots of icky stuff that involves nothing of what an artisan loves to do. It’s tax time. It’s reorganization time. It’s time to crunch numbers.
I don’t have a head for figures, but I do have some sense of organization. My tax man says I keep impeccable records. While I don’t know which numbers add up to what, I do know that compartmentalizing sales and expenses in little boxes according to where the sales and expenses were made is an important part of business record keeping. I’m good at that, thanks to spreadsheets.
My spreadsheets are nowhere near as complicated as this one, but they dizzy me just as much.
The First Quarter of the year is slow, sales wise, just getting out of the busy holiday buying season. It’s a good thing because I need the months from January through March to get my act together. It’s not only about submitting numbers to the tax man, but also assessing where things are selling, what things are selling, and where I can find new selling adventures in the coming year.
Just in the midst of First Quarter my subscription to Midwest Art Fairs arrived, a publication to guide the vendor to find a good fit for craft/art show venues as well as being a guide for the craft/art show enthusiast as to where the great shows are.
A lot of the great shows featured in this publication are worth my looking into to sell my wares. Even if I don’t show my wares at particular venues, the publication is a great source for me to visit shows and festivals, which I love to do.
Tonight I’m going to peruse Midwest Art Fairs to see what may be in store for me in the 2018 season. It’s one of the pleasures I take in the First Quarter.
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