For a few weeks now, I have been perhaps the least reliable in my blog posting in the almost six years I have been part of this community.
At the top level, my "excuse" is sea glass.
Old glass fell in the sea, was "tumbled" for decades and became treasure...
If you've been reading these pages for long enough, you might remember that one of my many "home made" businesses over the years has included selling "found objects" from our local beaches to artists and jewelry makers around the world.
What does that have to do with my not blogging much?
It's about time, really. And about the recurring realization that if I do "this," I am not going to have time enough to do "that."
Selling sea glass — in this case, a friend's collection — is perhaps my most reliable short term way to raise money quickly.
Once upon a time, this was probably part of an old whiskey bottle.
As I reflected on my various microbusinesses, I keep coming back to the fact that the most reliable ones have always been those that offer something people can use to make money.
In this case, people buy the sea glass because they use it to make jewelry (and art objects) they hope to sell for a profit. Absent that motivation, some broken pieces of glass from the beach — however pretty and/or colorful — would have almost no monetary value.
But because there is a significant community of artisans who use sea glass in place of semi-precious stones and minerals... in part supported by the popularity of 're-using" and upcycling... there was also a business opportunity here.
Of course, the point of this story is the ultimate challenge most people face: When we choose to pursue one thing we give up the opportunity to pursue another.
And so, I simply haven't had time to be very active on my Hive blog because I am busy sorting, photographing and listing sea glass for sale.
Sadly, it's not as much fun as it used to be because the glass is not mine, and I only get to keep 40% of the proceeds. Another sobering reminder that many people work a lot of long hours and even by doing so, it's often not enough.
Just to be clear, I'm not giving up on Hive... I just don't have much time at the moment. Even though it is taking me a good 10 hours a day, the sea glass does have the potential to generate $2,000 a month... Hive (sadly!) does not, at least not for me.
That said, I did want to take a few moments to share some photos of what I have been doing... even though I don't have anything "profound" to say, at the moment!
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