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Soap Business Blog: This Week a Down Week

Juggling work and family is hard enough. Add in starting a business on the side and it's even tougher. Then get sick and inevitably something falls through the cracks.

[Editor's note: Alamedan Pete Laxton, who holds a Ph.D. in chemical engineering, is blogging week-by-week about starting his own business. You can read his previous posts about making a business plan and learning to make soap here.] 

 

Being your own boss sounds great, right?  I sure think so.  But, as with everything, there are drawbacks. For me it's staying on task while keeping up with the normal day-to-day routine. I was doing OK, then sickness struck. I spent a few days in bed, and that means my business activities ground to a halt.

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Now I have to pick myself back up and get some energy focused back into soap making. Check back next time to see how I did.

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