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🙌🏻have big news!!!....but I’m not going to tell you exactly what it is just yet! I’ve mentioned to a lot of you my goals for 2018.... well one of them is about to become a reality🤗👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 ⭐️ HINT: your experience at Nourish Esthetics is going to be even more relaxing soon!!... and my back is going to start loving me again 😆 I’m just so excited and honestly couldn’t have made this goal happen without the support of my guests!! Thank you so much for supporting my business ❤️❤️#reachingmygoals #smallbusinesskc #nourishestheticsbyhaylan #kansascity #kansascityspa #adultinghard (at Nourish Esthetics By Haylan Noel)

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The Confession

I have a confession to make. Last week I thought about quitting HOLSTRit. I added up all my inventory I have in stock and figured out if I sold 75% of it, would we get our money back out of it. I didn't do this because I wanted to quit or because I didn't like what I was doing, I did it because I had lost focus. Even as I was adding up my inventory I knew I wasn't going to quit, I just panicked.

I had become overwhelmed with the pressure I was putting on myself to be the wife and mother I thought I needed to be, to be the entrepreneur I think I should have turned into by now and mad at myself for being too tired to do any of it the way I thought it needed to be done. These impossible expectations were self-inflicted, unnecessary and draining.

This weekend my husband and I went to a marriage conference here in town called Weekend To Remember. It has been over 10 years since we've done anything like this for our marriage and even though, (logistically speaking because of lack of child care), it was a bit of a battle to get there the timing couldn't have been more perfect. I recommitted to putting God and my family first and immediately felt the load I was carrying lighten. Whatever success this business has will have to be up to God and when I quit is up to Him too. I know this business can either be a curse or a blessing and today I'm choosing blessing.

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DIY Isn't Cutting It Anymore

When I was designing holstrit.com, I knew a video showing why this stay-at-home mom would create a product and start a business was a priority.

My girls helped record a video on my iPhone serving not only as the videographers, but also as the directors, lighting technicians and on-site beauty team. In post-production, they taught me the basics of editing using iMovie and Our Story was born.

While it's not eve close to professional quality (and every once in a while you can see dust flying around in the sunlight,), I learned a lot in the process, and it was a family collaboration and I was happy with it.

Fast forward 17 months: HOLSTRit is rapidly growing and I need to find professionals who can help me in certain areas of the business. I decided to contract with professionals who could truly capture the essence of HOLSTRit and tell our WHY. It's an important story because it's the only reason HOLSTRit exists.

Last weekend Zoe Media shot our new Our Story video. She not only captured a lot of footage, but the whole family was also involved. Which means, she was able to teach my little photographer all about what she was doing while she was doing it. Big fan of hands-on learning.

We'll roll out the video in March! Can't wait for you to see it!

photo credit: Brooklynn Johnson

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The Small Business Customer

When I'm a passenger in the car and I see random office buildings, I look for the name of the company on the side of the building, I scan the building wondering what goes on in there and I wonder how they got their start. I wonder about what they did to get where they are, if they still operate like a small business or if they now have a CFO.

Recently I went to a big chain store that opened at 9:00am. I thought it was already open so I went to the door. It was 8:56am and I decided to wait even though it was really cold outside. By 9:02am, another customer was banging on the door to get them to unlock it so we could go inside. By contrast, I went to The Tasteful Olive, which is a family owned small business, one Sunday morning thinking they opened at 12:30pm. They didn't open until 1:00pm but I showed up at their front door at 12:25pm, was looking for their hours sign and the next thing I knew, the owner unlocked the door saying, "Oh come on in, I'm only doing my morning cleaning".

Here's what happens when you by from HOLSTRit, a very small, mom-owned business. I see the email that someone ordered and if I don't say it out loud, I'm thinking, "Oh yea!" I fight the urge to fill the order right then and there because I want my customer to have their product as soon as possible however I have to remember that no matter when I fill the order at home all the mail leaves the post office one time a day...so it doesn't have to be right away...ok, I can finish feeding my children. I print a packing slip and write "Thank You!" on each one. When I put the product in the bag, I wonder who it's going to and hope they find it as helpful and convenient as I do. When I hear that someone has a problem with their HOLSTR, if it's defective in some way, I'm very disconcerted. Even though I can't control the quality directly, it's a reflection on me and I do everything I know to do to make it right. I appreciate every one of my customers and want them to be happy with their purchase.

I will still shop at a large box retailer however I jump at the chance to be a small business customer any time I can! #SmallBusinessOwners take care of #SmallBusinessCustomers.

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Tech-NO-logy And Me

Technology and me, well we just don't get along. It's not that I don't appreciate it, I just don't like having to take the time to learn when it always seems to be changing. Lately I've had no choice but to suck it up and figure it out.

Before I officially launched HOLSTRit, the extent of my technology reach was that I could text and email. I wasn't on Facebook, didn't know a Twitter from a tweet, Instagram was a new word to me, I hadn't even heard of Snapchat and I guess I have a Pinterest account because I keep getting emails that my girls are pinning things to their boards...whatever that means. I only had Mac computers and laptops so I was super bummed to have to buy a Windows laptop and learn a whole new system. (Even the X to close out windows is opposite! Sheeze!) I decided if I was going to try to run a business I needed to be on Facebook, I mean it seemed like everyone else was. I checked out Twitter, because, well Ellen DeGeneres was tweeting pictures at the Oscars so it must be important. At one of our trade shows I had a sweet college girl tell me I had to get on Instagram so right then and there she signed me up and showed me how it works.

Over the last 16 months I've learned the basics of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. I had to learn how to design a website and even learned a bit of coding. I learned how to blog (something I thought I'd never do!). I had to learn enough about Photoshop to be able to use it when my pictures don't fit into a particular template. I had to learn all about QuickBooks and hours of phone calls later I think I know enough to squeak by. I had to learn how to purchase UPC codes and then get them uploaded, (that sounds WAY easier than it was). I had to learn POS (Point Of Sale) programs to use at our tradeshows and have settled on one I like best. Just this last week, I learned how to web design on another host site I like better. All of this is just the technology part of trying to grow a business.

If you would have told me 16 months ago that I was going to learn about all these different platforms and successfully execute I would have never believed it. I'm not afraid anymore to try. I might get intimidated by the process but I'm not afraid to dive in. The point of this post is not to toot my own horn because I'm well aware that God answers my, "If this is the direction I need to go please help me figure it out" prayers, but I hope this is encouraging to someone who is thinking of stepping out and trying to something new. We just don't know until we try. It might be hours of frustration and bitter tears but the accomplishment is so sweet so give it a try!!