It kinda feels like this year so far is going by both fast and slow. :P It's hard to believe it's March already...but with all the craziness going on, it also feels like it's hard to believe it's only March. :P
The last few days I've been able to sleep for more than 2-3 hours at a time...so that's progress! Right now my biggest complaint is my shoulder. I don't know if it's a pinched nerve or what the exact problem is. I know it a nerve is involved somehow...because I'm getting numbness/tingling in my hand. I've tried taking ibuprofen, my Tramadol, and my Gabapentin (for nerve pain) and nothing seems to be helping. Tonight I remembered that I have my TENS unit...which I got almost 30 years ago for back pain caused by my scoliosis. So I decided to try that on my shoulder and see if it helps. While it isn't making the pain go away...while the TENS unit is on, I don't notice the pain as much. So it's providing a little bit of relief and I'm at least thankful for that.
I forgot to mention that I hit 2000 sales in my CandiMakerStickers Etsy shop on February 20th! So that's always exciting. My total orders for February were less than the number of orders I got last February...but I had higher income this February than last February. The higher income is largely because I've sold a lot more magnets which are a higher price point.
While sales have been a bit slower lately, I've been trying to work on SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and making some new designs. I'd had a few designs already created, but hadn't gotten around to photographing them. But I finally took pictures after I printed and cut all the new designs. I had 30 new designs and 3 existing designs that I hadn't photographed yet. I got them all printed and cut on Thursday and then photographed them all yesterday. Today I've worked off and on cropping the photos and working on the listing images. I'm hoping tomorrow I'll be able to get all the listings uploaded. It's been so long since I uploaded new general sticker designs...so I really enjoyed working on them.
And on that note...I'm going to work on them a little more before I go to bed. :)