Market Research
Hi! The past six months have been great, on account of all of the personal growth and scary things I've pushed myself to do.
In my last entry I mentioned I had my first market coming up. It was not easy. I had my partner sit in the main seat most of the event, talk to most of the market attendees, and take all the payments off her phone because I was so anxious. I even had to leave the building a few times. I asked my doctor for some beta blockers afterwards because my hands were shaking (they helped a lot)!
Here's a picture from that day:
I've done 8 markets since then. Last year, I could barely think about working up the courage to do a single one. Through each market I slowly relaxed enough to sit in the main seat, talk to everybody who stops by, take all the payments from my phone, and generally leave my partner alone to work beside me on her own stuff or wander the venue. I hope some time this year I'll even be comfortable enough to do some markets totally solo!
Here's a picture from my most recent market:
I've also been accepted into my first two cons this year. I'll be at Fur-Eh in Edmonton from July 17-19, and Calfurry in Calgary from September 4-6! I'm nervous, naturally, but also really excited to see how I do at an event full of people with similar interests to mine!
Haven't updated this site for a while- I have a lot of ideas but my attention waxes and wanes. That's ok. I would like to be more intentional with my blog posts here. Specific topics, things I've learned, more pictures to look at, etc. I cleared out some old blog posts here that felt aimless and/or making-the-website heavy, because I feel like that isn't a terribly exciting topic to read about. Hopefully more to come soon!