New Year, New Goals

Hello, 2018!

Recently, I listened to a segment on the great podcast, A Well Designed Business, where a business coach shared she blogs twice a week ... Twice Every Week! Yikes, that is often.

I love sharing more on my work with you here -- and giving you a bit of insight into what you may just get a glimpse of via Instagram. My biggest challenge as an artist, mom, entrepreneur, textile designer and small business owner? Finding the time. So, Thank you for reading and indulging my "post when you can" approach.

In this post, I wanted to focus on goals in this new year and what lies ahead. I have always been kinda big on goals. (After all, it was a New Year's resolution that launched Mira Jean Designs in the first place).

As I kick off 2018, I had the pleasure of celebrating with a group of fellow Awesome Women Entrepreneurs. Such a great way to begin the new year! We gathered at the sweet little local boutique The Urban Farmhouse on Wilson Blvd. The energy in the room was palpable. The guest speaker was Successful Culture CEO Marissa Levin -- talk about inspirational!

New year, new business inspiration: the group of Awesome Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) members at The Urban Farmhouse in Arlington, January 2018

Here are some of my favorite words of wisdom heard from Marissa and others throughout the evening. I hope these gems inspire you, too, in this new calendar year:

1. Never let others determine your worth

2. Know what you don't want

3. People who question you are only as valuable as you allow them to be

4. Be able to get really lean, really quickly, is key. As are ... 

5. Pivot(s)!

6. (Be able to) Fly the plane while you are building it

7. The antidote to fear is confidence

8. Have a healthy respect for mortality. (As Marissa shared, "When I get to the end, I won't have any regrets.")

9. Remember: a wall leads to a doorway. 

My Mira Jean Designs goals for 2018? They include:

#1 - Find the right showroom partner in California (if you can recommend one, let me know!).

#2 - Mix it up! -- In 2018, I'll be offering a variety of new works and services, including art and "Refresh a Room" services -- all true to the Mira Jean brand, love of color and desire to help make people's living spaces brighter.

#3 - Launch a new collection -- I've been scheming and painting away; this spring you'll see a new mix of textile and wallpaper designs added to the Mira Jean Designs line. (Hint: what in nature has fronds?).

#4 - More fully live a creative life -- I love every minute I can spend on art, interiors + design. My goal in 2018 is to seize more opportunities to make this creative work possible. It's work that truly makes my heart sing.

Would love to hear your 2018 goals, too ... direct message me or post here and share away. Let's go get 'em. Welcome, 2018! I'm already glad to meet you. 

xo,
Kate

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