Wow, I can’t believe it has been almost a month since i posted here. Where have I been? What have I been doing? Good questions, and I don’t have any good answers.I don’t want to sound whiny but I am going to post some things here that I have been keeping to myself and feel the need to get out. Even if this is not directly related to Online Selling, it is what has been affecting mine lately, so hopefully you (and I) can learn something from it.

I have been in quite a slump lately. I made the mistake a while back of taking on too many consignment items at one time, got behind and discouraged, which seemed to snowball and as the days and weeks passed, it seemed to be harder to get back on top of it. I was embarrassed that I was letting people down but looking at all the items was overwhelming and I just kept getting farther behind.

Then the health issues started. I am 43 now and it had been over 20 years since I had a thorough checkup so I found a new primary care physician and started the process of taking care of some little things that had been bothering me. Nothing major, but a couple required minor surgery, one is requiring physical therapy and I am now getting allergy shots once a week. The problem came when I decided to do it all at once. Between appointments & recovery times and working at PakMail 15 hours a week I found little time to work on my listings. I have been doing the shipping of things that were sold and putting things on Amazon because it is simpler than eBay but meanwhile I am continuing to fall farther behind on those consignment items.

Oh, and on top of all that, because my wife Dawn has health problems of her own AND works her 40 corporate hours a week, I don’t let her do any of the housework. So I also cook dinner every night, do laundry and keep the house (relatively) clean. (BTW, I love my Roomba!)

Whew! I’m tired just writing about it. Now I’m off to the bank, the library and the mailbox. Then back to work on those consignment items! Watch for the listings to start showing up in the next week or so.

Have Fun!
Mike