I have come upon a fork in the road. I have two different paths I could venture down at this point, and I might just be wise enough to make the less “easy” but more rewarding decision. What am I talking about? A job. A career.

I am currently looking at an end of work date of May 30. Unfortunately, the search for a new job is a bit complicated for starting at the beginning of June, when you will be out on maternity leave soon after in July. Rather than look at this as a crisis situation I’ve decided to look at it as an opportunity. Here I have a choice. I can continue the monotonous but well-paying work I’ve been doing – or I can take a risk and try something completely different, that I’m not even sure I’d be good at. I’m gonna go with “try something completely different.” I feel like I just need to take the opportunity or I’ll be wondering what the possibilities may have been. Now before you start cheering me on, know this: I’ve decided to venture into direct sales. Whaaaaat?! Isn’t that a hobby- like something stay at home mom’s do to kill some time – selling Tupperware. Well I say “pish posh!” (I stole that little saying from one of my sisters). First of all, let’s not dog stay at home mom’s as if they really need something to kill time – believe me their time is killed, trampled, eaten, and spit back out plenty just from taking care of the kids and house. Now if a direct sales business is attractive to stay at home moms – or moms who desire to spend more time with their children then that might be a fair assessment. It’s flexible and the commitment is completely up to the person who decided to have their own direct sales business. Okay, so what does all this have to do with me? I was introduced to Scentsy a while back. The wickless candles- where you buy a cute little warmer and some nice smelling wax to melt in it. The other day I decided to look into becoming a consultant for them- and I was drinking the kool-aid right away! Call it my addiction to hot stuff (ahem – coffee, wax) or call it my desperation for a new direction in my life. Either way, I’ve decided to give it a go. A strong, committed go! I know the only way I will actually make anything of this is if I actually step out of my comfort zone and try to sell some quality product and recruit some quality consultants. So here I go.

I debated even mentioning this on my blog, for fear of disenfranchising what little readers I have. I thought about it though, and it wouldn’t make sense not to share this sort of thing with you. I share a lot of other stuff, why not the start of my new Scentsy business? From time to time I can blog about the excitement I feel and how things are going for me. I might even invite you to buy some stuff from me. Well, I can almost guarantee I will. Otherwise, what kind of sales person would I be?

I set up an online launch party for my Scentsy business, so I can get into the game head first. I already have a few customers and that just makes my day! Typically, you would want to celebrate the product in a party format – have a host, bring the samples, eat, drink, sniff wax, and sell some product as well as recruit some more hosts and even consultants. I don’t know many folks in my home town, so getting the person-to-person aspect up and running is going to take me some time. I do, however, have quite a few “online” connections through social media. This seems like the way for me to get started! I’ve opened the party from April 20 to May 4 at the following link:https://waxheaven.scentsy.us/Scentsy/Buy?partyId=83987730
The goal is to get some momentum and move forward. This is a “mystery host” party, where anyone who purchases product will be entered into a drawing to receive the host rewards if we reach over $150 in sales. Fun! I’m so excited to be selling Scentsy. The company has great values and I just love the products myself- can’t say I’m gonna mind the commission I’ll make on products I purchase for myself.

So, was this just a big advertisement or a genuine desire to share my life with you? It’s both!