I don't know how much anyone really knows about me but I'm a mother to three lovely, but very trying children and a wife to a retired sailor who has moved back to my hometown area to appease me. I was a pastry chef to two sister fine dining restaurants before we moved to Ohio. I was a pastry bad ass who knew what I was doing, and no one could tell me that they knew more than me because I knew that was untrue ( about pastries). But when I moved to Ohio, I left my apron behind because let's face it, this place is NOT a foodie area like Virginia is.
So I decided to pick up a hobby work path..stationary and planners. I got a job at a local shop where all of their sales are done online and ships out all over the world. At first, it was a lot of fun. Wasnt stressful at all. But then all the pettiness came down the road.
I started doing art for this company. After I started doing art for this company and another, things started getting catty. Girls in this so-called awesome planner community were acting like girls in high school trying to claw their way into the inner circle. At my place of employment, there was a "group" of girls..my boss, the girl who showed the products online and the customer service girl that was a tight-knit group of friends that I could NEVER get into. They all got matching tattoos which put the seal on the deal.. I was NEVER going to be one of them, no matter how hard I tried. I tried to get my mind off my doing watercolor art and that seemed to help... for a bit.. Any communication I had with those girls only got more strained. I did art for another business and this business owner was super sweet to me but all of a sudden after one business deal of doing art, she dropped me fast because I didn't have the right program, and I tried to shake that off as well.  I tried to talk to her several times as well and she totally wrote me off being mean to me. So here's what I think about these planner shop owners...Shallow. Petty. Mean. All trying to be this "in" girl and don't care who they hurt in the process. They feel as if they don't have to answer to anyone and you know what? I don't need that crap in my life. So what did I do? I took off all planner crap off my Instagram and put all my planner stuff to the side and if I decide to mess with it, I will take it out again. but I will NOT be all in like I was before. I used to care what they all think but eff them all. I'm done with that planner world and I will be who I want to be without any of their crappy influence.