Two years have passed and LIFE IS STILL BEYOND MIRACULOUS! It feels so good that it's almost scary. My girls, well ladies are wonderful. Kobi is graduating from college this year and Kelli is interested in modeling and acting.
This year is fabulous with the exception of the passing of Kobe & Gigi Bryant 1.26.20 (as well as the seven passengers that were traveling with them) my world has been a bed of the most colorful and beautiful orchids, flowers and roses of love.
Simply grateful for all. Still shooting my bow. I opened an online boutique called
ComfyCozy Boutique! (https://ComfyCozyBoutique.com/). It has been an amazing experience and journey. It was all self encouragement. It all began on Melrose. I walked into a boutique, bought a jumpsuit and loved it so much that I decided to leave it on and wear it for the day!(w
I received SO MANY COMPLIMENTS that I not only continued to walk the streets that I was on, I decided to get into my car and drive to other heavily populated areas to see just how many compliments I could receive. In each area that I drove to, I increased the number of compliments that I planned to receive. I literally drove from Melrose to Malibu, to Newport Beach to the Inland Empire. God's Grace was upon me and I was determined to make it happen. The Law of Attraction was working and I am a FIRM BELIEVER of it! When I reached Victoria Garden's Shopping Mall, I said, if I receive twenty compliments, I'm starting my own boutique! And that was it! Many years ago my older sister Nikki would refer to my ability to stay "focused and stop at nothing attitude" as a tangent. She would literally say, Krish is on tangent!
Tangent:
noun. A completely different line of thought or action. a line or plane touching but not intersecting.
Indeed that is me. A straight shooter! Today, I certainly feel that it is a form of Mamba Mentality. I worked 8am-5pm, finished my shift, went home, showered, prepeared for work the following day and began to work on my boutique most nights until about 2 or 3am. I slept for a few hours before my alarm would sound and notify me that it was time to wake up for work. Once I locked in on the name of my boutique, (which I brainstormed with couple of people until it felt good to my spirit). I used my lunch one day to file my business license and lunch the following day to file my seller's permit. When I had those in hand, I created my logo and business cards. I put my jumpsuit back on went back to the areas in which I received the compliments and said, I'm not coming back home until I have passed out all 50 of the business cards in my purse!
Although I had no inventory, when stopped I remember thinking every person was my client! I would simply say that my website was under construction, and offer my business card and the phone calls began. Once that happened I was confident that I could sell and I AM MY BEST ADVERTISEMENT! One of the best things that I've done thus far is simply PAY IT FORWARD to one of my customers who was interested in starting her own online boutique but also whom I had never met. She stated that she was so impressed with my level of customer service that she had to reach out to me. I am thankful that she did. I gave her step by step intructions on how it worked for me. She was able to utilize the information in conjunction with her own knowledge and open her boutique which I had no problem patronizing.When she became discouraged, she called me and I pushed her right along reiterating that the beauty of it all is that IT BELONGS TO YOU! Breathe easy and take it all in stride. It took me about 2 weeks to get everythig together. Business cards, garmet tags, garmet labels, packaging, package labels, website, logo, inventory, business phone line, social media accounts, advertisement, you name it. I was on it! Day in and day out! It was my pleasure to create something for myself. Something that I love. Something that makes me happy. I do exactly what I want. I hand write every thank you card, sign it and enclose a tea bag simply because I love it.
