Two years ago around this time, my planners business started to take off, I started my shop as a side hustle kinda hobby three years ago, and I wasn't expecting so much, I just wanted to pour out some ideas I had for planners, schedulers, and stickers. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I've always dreamt about having my own planner + stationery shop, so having printable + digital products made the most sense to me since I didn't have the resources to start a physical products business. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ After being in business for more than 12 years, I've learned quite a few things, and today I want to share with you the 3 most important for me so far, in case you're in the entrepreneurship world or want to get started. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Numero Uno: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Even when you don't have absolutely everything you need or want to bring your dream vision to life, you can still get started. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You don't need all the money, all the employees, all the tech. No! You need YOU, your vision, and a plan to get started the quickest way. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I did it when I first started as a freelance fashion designer. I still was in college, I wasn't even studying fashion, I graduated from industrial design. I barely had any funds, and I didn't have a curriculum. Yet, I landed such a dream project designing + sampling a footwear collection that was showed in Milan! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I did it when I wanted to branch out from freelancing to teaching. I began teaching a small group locally. Then, I launched my website and online courses with the resources I had available - only myself to do, plan, create, record, edit, and publish everything. And this resourcefulness got me traveling to Dubai to teach illustration and watercolors. Dubai people, I'm from Mexico! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And I did it again with my Easy Planners shop. My dream vision was a physical planner + stationery shop, but I didn't have the funds or the energy to start something this big, so I STARTED SMALL. I started the quickest way possible to me at that time, I kept working, I kept growing and now my shop gives... CONTINUES ON FIRST COMMENT :) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-MzrcCnxk3/?igshid=1jys7qajed1iy