What I have (or haven't) been up to lately
* Audible exhale * that’s me coming up for air…
The past month has been one of the busiest months I’ve been through in a while. Work has been pushing my head underwater and keeping me there. 8 a.m to 9 p.m days with just enough time to brush my teeth and eat a meal before bed.
When I first started “kinda handsome”, it was during a period of time where I was cruising at work and felt I had that extra time to take on a side hustle. Going from that to work keeping me as busy as it has definitely makes it more difficult to sustain a side hustle and it’s a learning process of how do I balance the two during these types of periods. It also serves as a reminder that discipline is far more important than motivation because there is zero motivation some days…
Nonetheless, I have kept the wheels turning on “kinda handsome” and there are some things in the works that I’m really excited for. I’m currently in the process of working on another drop that will likely (hopefully) be ready in the fall. It definitely would be nice to have stuff coming sooner, but that’s just the name of the game as a small business. It’s a constant balance between spending money and making enough money back to spend more money.
The stuff coming in the fall is a short, a shirt, and two hats. One hat and one shirt will actually be a “sub concept” of the brand that I’m really excited to be developing and tell the story behind it. I hope it’s something you all can relate to. All of this is in the design process and hopefully I will have visuals to share with everyone soon so that I can get your input. Once designs are approved, we will move to sampling and that’s when the rubber meets the road to hope and pray that designs translate to reality.
I will keep you posted…
Another thing I’ve been trying to do more of is network with people who have any sort of exposure to what goes into starting a brand. Whether they’ve done it themselves or have expertise in components of what it takes to run a brand like digital marketing, branding, story telling, designing, supply chain, etc. If anyone has experience with any of this and would be open to just having a conversation, I would be extremely grateful!
