I almost didn’t make it today; I’ve been so busy having a mini meltdown with the site, and if you follow me on Facebook you’ll understand, that I almost forgot what day it was!
On Monday I decided that I didn’t like the front page, I took it apart, rearranged the text and then finally started working with different templates to alter the look. By the time I’d finished and made a real mess of it I decided that actually I really did like it the way it was! By that time it was a case of calling help to my web designer. I’d altered some of the design that had already had been done and now it not only looked messy I’d just created some extra work for him.
I felt a bit like when you go to a clothes shop, sorry I guess I’m only talking to the female population here, try on many different clothes and then decide after walking around a hundred shops that the very first thing you tried on was the right one! So a very big thank you to my wonderful web designer who didn’t tell me off just simply understood that I was just having a little meltdown.
I think it’s just first night nerves, the closer the site comes to launch day the more things I want to change and fiddle with. And oh gosh it is the fiddling that causes the problems; its how it started with the homepage; “I wonder if that would look better there?” It’s that very preserve I thought I’d banished from my psyche, the hunt for the non existent perfection. I’m comforted though that if the dress rehearsal is having hiccups the launch will go to plan.
So to date this week I’ve re-visited my pricing; suddenly I got the jitters, so a frustrating afternoon was spent going round and round in circles and coming back to virtually the same pricing I had already decided on. The free gift I’m giving away to people who sign up to the site came under scrutiny and I have decided that a few things definitely need changing in there; just a few easy tweaks.
Working out delivery prices this week and loading them into the site so that each country shows the right price has been challenging, I’ve been a bit blinkered so the solution struggled to present itself; finally a cup of mint tea and some bread seemed to feed my brain with the logic it needed and all is well.
Ultimately I guess this week it’s very much about remembering what for most of this week I’ve forgotten as I’ve let confusing clouds descend around me and listened to the opinions of strangers; to trust my instincts, it would have saved me a lot of work and a lot of hair pulling – do tune in next week to see how much I have left!
Calm has descended now, my mind isn’t full of how to do this or that, I’m feeling a yearning for some mint tea and meditation or maybe some meditation and then some mint tea just in case the powers of the mint tea sends me rushing for computer!
I feel as though I should omit the notes this week unless we all agree as one to take a breath and as an Australian friend says ‘Don’t take yourself so seriously, jeez!’
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Living in the beautiful rural county of Yorkshire it was perhaps natural for Ruth to have an affinity with the countryside and its wildlife. Creativity is Ruth’s driving force finding an outlet in television & radio she worked for many years as producer for BBC & ITV.
However a love of photography and for being surrounded by nature called her to go back to her photography training and bring pleasure and joy to people through her connection with our planet.
Staying in the moment when taking her images allows her to experience the natural magnificence unfolding before her eyes. It is this moment of mediation, of gratitude, that she evocatively conveys through her images.
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