#SideNote: Tools I Bought on Amazon Canada For My Online Shop

A common thing you hear people say is, “Start with what you have and go from there. The important thing is to just get started and not worry so much about x, y, and z!”

And yes, that’s true…but I know that it can be difficult to get your business started when you’re juggling life’s other responsibilities, like a full time or part time job, a family, etc. Sometimes it’s literally not as simple as just doing it when there are things that are higher on your list of priorities.

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#SideNote: Lessons From Austin Kleon's book, "Show Your Work!" Pt. 1

As I mentioned on Instagram, it took me about three and a half years to finally buy this book and read it.

So far I’m halfway through it - to be specific, I’m about to start reading Chapter 6 - but before I do that, I thought I would share a few things, or lessons, that have stuck out to me as I’ve been making my way through it.

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