This is the building three weeks after I decided to take on this project
In this journey called life I am finding that sometimes things you planned are not what they end up being. Case in point would be my building where I hold the swap meet.
See I had this plan (picture God laughing when I say the word PLAN) to just advertise that space was available for people to rent by the day at only ten bucks per day and they would have to be responsible for their own merchandise. Well that idea was about six months ago and I had not been successful in getting people to realise they could come down and make money at this site. This building used to be an old car dealership that had been sitting empty so it is pretty big.
I dunno people just seemed more satisfied with hanging around at home with throngs of friends talking about what they could do to bring in extra money instead of doing something about it.
As of recent I have begun to have more and more people that are willing to leave their merchandise with me and have me,..Mamma sit there with their items and sell them for them.
Wonder what that is about?
Are they being lazy or was I being lazy by not wanting to make this a consignment deal? Which one was it?
Now I have items that are on consignment and I'm thinking how in the world did I get here? What the hell happened to my easy idea? I'm thinking this was supposed to be a turn key situation. So now what happens? How do I make this easy for me again?
I don't think that is going to happen at this point.
So what is my lesson in all of this? That maybe just maybe I am stronger than I think I am and that maybe I am smarter and more capable of pulling this off the way that God intends for it to be done. Or maybe I am just aimlessly allowing this to pull me in a direction that I don't want to go.
I will know I guess if it begins to not be a hobby and becomes a chore.
For now I find it to be fun to meet people, and help get stylists set up in the barber shop and people to get their cars repaired in the rear of the building or replace their tires with discounted ones.
I am on my way back to the building today not because I HAVE to be there but because NOW I am excited about all of the new tenants and the WIFI Cafe we are thinking about adding so I have to go back down there and clean the windows and get new signs up that have arrived and update the website and update the Camden website I built, get the merchandise that is on consignment in my database I built and tag all of the new items with prices, and make sure that people get their contracts. Ooooooh this is going to be so much fun! (I mean that)
Imani, KJ and Lili will be there for the ride and now KJ and Lili's play spot is gone its now someone's booth. THAT makes me sad but moving on.....
I don't think this ends here with this, this is about something bigger, something about this town. I am here for a reason I believe now.. why? ...cause I'm still here and not back in Atlanta. I have an assignment to complete and once it is done I will be released. So I might as well complete my assignment, quit crying like a baby and handle what has been given to me.
I know I have a long way to go to do what is to be done here but hell I have nothing but time on my hands while I am alive and here. I might as well use the time wisely and have some fun with this in the process.
Til Next Time
Mamma
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