Monday, March 20, 2017
Etsy shop = Sweat shop?
One of the first steps I've taken for our 6 year moving plan is to create an Etsy shop that I will be able to transfer easily down to our new home when the time comes. I've always enjoyed making things and really the type of stuff I made was really just dictated by my mood or the season. I've wanted to start an Etsy shop but was worried that I would end up having to reproduce the same items over and over and over again until I hated every type of craft. I thought I had come up with a genius solution to this problem by making my business straight up tell you that I was only making one of the item. I realize my idea was good in concept but the name of my shop Just One Darling has now turned into Just One Darling (me) making items over and over again!! This was no fault of Etsy but of Facebook... Facebook has caused me to be a sweatshop after posting something I had made and now being requested to make multiple of it. This has always been my thought...people find something they like to do then try to make money off of it and end up hating the thing that they loved in the first place. I find this true with people and jobs. It seems everyone that I talk to on a regular basis that has the same job day after day complains about the people they work with and the job they're doing. Honestly, it causes me to believe that too much of anyone or the same work will cause you to complain. I purposely had multiple jobs so I never got sick of what I was doing or who I was working with. I can truthfully say I was happy to go to work and see the people I worked with. Not many can say the same. My new task is to find a way to make things even repeats at a pace that I don't get sick of doing it. I'm off to go finish up my orders!
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