A Journey Through My Past

I decided to blog my way through my new adventure on the horizon. Haven't done this before so I'm a noob :) I have decided once again to try to work from home. This is nothing "new" to me as I feel like I have tried everything...only to fail. My first wfhj was Partylite. Oh how I loved my candles :) I did pretty good, made ok money, but the whole point in wfh is doing it AROUND your family. My upline wanted more than I could give. I was early in pregnancy and very ill and was expected to sell sell sell...well when you can't stand the smell...you can't sell lol Made the decision to stop. And honestly I miss it to this day but feel I had no other option. No not all Partylite is this way...this was just MY experience.
Then we move on to ummm...Melaleuca. Honestly I can't say enough good things about their product. If you can afford it...get it :) They have the best vitamins in the world IMO and I just loved their stuff. I can make a huge list of all the goodies I enjoyed buying. I worked my way up pretty good and had 6 people under me I believe. However, once you advance you are expected to spend more points every month. Now, had I been having the same luck a couple months in as I had in the beginning, this wouldn't have been an issue. But that was not the case for me. My checks dropped and I was having to come up with more money to meet my points to maintain the "status" I had achieved. For me and my large family, this wasn't working. I had alot of calls to make all the time, and meetings on the phone, and I didn't have any lengthy quiet time to be on these calls. To me the calls were important. It was like having a staff meeting of sorts....only with a room full of friends. They helped you in more ways than I can count. But there was no way for me to keep up. Got too cold for me to hide outside to be able to hear the phone calls and so again I gave up.
Then we have Mia Bella. OY...well nice candles....but not Partylite. Sorry but I am partial LOL Had to have the recurring order every month, which I had to do with Melaleuca, but I needed the stuff I got from Melaleuca...these were only candles. Yes they smelled wonderful, but I couldn't sell them. I didn't ever get help from anyone "upline" and was pretty clueless as to what to do with this. Not to mention...as previously stated....I really was partial to Partylite. And you know as well as I do if you don't LOVE it you won't make it succeed. So that was the end of Mia Bella after 4 months.
What did I learn from all these mistakes? Several things.

1. If you don't LOVE it you won't make it. You can't encourage selling something or recruiting others to do the same if you don't absolutely love the product. Your heart has to be in it or it will not work.

2. If you don't have support and training, you will not make it. I cannot tell you how much those phone calls with Mela helped me on every level. From talking about the product and it's benefits, to how to take rejection and move on. They really were fantastic!

3. It is hard work. You really have to make it a job. Mind you the joy of working from home is going according to your schedule. So you have to make sure you find a company that will truely let you do this. You have to set your mind to how you want to work it and stick to it faithfully!

So, this brings me to the present. Once again I am going to give it my all. But this time there is a difference. To me it is all or nothing....no middle ground. My husband has been laid off over and over in the past year...as many others have been. Bills are piling up around my feet and I honestly feel as though I'm drowning. So I am taking matters into my own hands. I have chosen not one but two wahj and am giddy! I have chosen Avon as one. This one I have pondered for quite some time but didn't ever sign up. The sign up is cheap and the company is known by everyone so I thought ok...this is the right time. Just do it! The second is Scentsy...a wickless candle company. With as many little hands as I have in my home and as much as i love love love the smelly stuff....I can't burn a normal candle for fear of fire or them getting hurt. So this will give me what I want without being hazardous.
I meet with my Avon rep tomorrow at 1pm and seriously I can't get there quick enough. I have spent this week going through websites with tips/advice on many different things. I have my lists of names made up of people I know right here in town and my many friends online. I feel like I have enough experience to know what I have to do...so now I have to put it into action. This is my chance to really help my family. To really help us get out of debt and feel secure. So I hope you can follow my journey because I will be writing it all on here. Along with the other random thoughts that enter my head on a daily basis! :) Wish me luck!!!