This week has been a lot of back and forth. Getting up, looking at toiles (sample garments), writing down directions and adjustments for my designerassistant, taking phonecalls, going scouting for vintage fabrics, ordering organic fabric samples, making deliveries to stores, morningmeetings with partners in my other ongoing company... Alot of up and down while researching retailers that interest me in Gothenburg for the businesstrip.
I'm going to Gothenburg this weekend. Hopefully, everything here at home in Sthlm will be in order until then. It's gonna be a lot of fun and I'm pretty excited to get out of my little box of work.
Tonight I'll be celebrated with a fullcourse homecooked dinner. I plan to lie on the sofa with the french doors open in the apartment (yes, lie, not sit like normal people!) reading ELLE until dinner is served. For the first time my James Dean is going to exprience my ELLE-coma which I've entered with each new number since the age of ten(!). This state of hypnosis is well known by my family. It's simply not possible to get any contact with my brain from the outside world during ELLE-coma. Maybe some of you recognize it...
It's important to keep those moments you like to have alone sacred. Remember to tell people around you in advance that you don't want to be disturbed instead of getting angry when they interrupt. And turn off you cellphone!
Suggestions for sacred moments:
Making small or large events is a great way to strengthen you image, your brand or just for the simple reason that things you do, like go to an event, is more often spoken about in private- and business-relationships than a brand or person you've met. It's just the way we function now a days.
Happenings, event, show, exibition, gathering, meeting, forum, intermezzo, fixture, market, showdown, tournament, adventure, episode, party, opening, premiere, release, revival.
Many think that "Should I really? what can my company have a party around? What if no-one comes?". But really, you can have a party or gathering about almost anything, wether it's a new product, a new area of business you expanding to or a way to meet others in you business.
Some tips are:
When it comes to location: You don't have to rent a 30 000 dollars/night event- or showroom. Sometimes having private gatherings in you home makes your loyal customers and buyers see what an open and hostpitable person you are. A great example is an wine-exporter from Argentina who had an private winetasting at her home.
Other ways to find cool and odd showrooms are to call brokers who have down-town apartments up for sale. An empty upper-eastside apartment makes a very special and flexible showroom. Renting it for a night or two before it's up for renting or sale is often possible of you call the brokers and negotiate with them.
I met the most interesting and nice woman yesterday at my marketingmeeting in the morning. A branding-coach. We're gonna have dinner tomorrow to talks some more. It's gonna be alot of fun.
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Four stress-related subjects, four quick fixes
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If you are more curious about me as a person or want to have more tips on fashion or on personal growth or if you like it just the way it is.
Goal-scrapbooking, inspiration-file, rewardlist, dreambook, whatever you want to call it.
To keep yourself motivated while fighting off the every day chores, it's important to regularly go back to why you are doing it.
The successful always has a number of projects planned, to which she looks forward. Anyone of them could change the course of her life overnight
”Mark Caine
There is an important part of being a achiever and career-chaser that most forget. Be satisfied and happy with what you've got. Because if you don't have the confidence to love your current self and your current life, you won't either when you achieve those high stake-goals that you painted on your bedroom ceiling. 
I believe that an important part in being successful is to learn the trick to be happy and satisfied. I've worked every sunday the last year and I still manage to be happy sunday afternoon. Because when I'm tired sunday morning after a dinner or party with friends, I remember just that, I'm tired because I had a great time with friends last night and didn't want to go home.
Keeping good moments in life, and remembering them by photos, texts you wrote about it, emails, postcards or textmessages will keep you off the victim-thoughts. To keep some kind of order, the best thing is to have a Happybox. That should be full with all your fun and proud moments.
Thinking you are the victim of (your own!) actions is the most destructive force in life. This is what keeps great people in a loop of unhappiness and unsatisfaction. You decide everything in you life, because you decide what you reaction and actions will be. This also mean that it's you who let yourself be in a loveless relationship or an underpaid job. Only you can change your life, actions and reactions. I can for example, only inspire you.
Well, I will continue on this subject later. Now I've got a breakfast meeting with my assistant.
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