Small Businesses Are Hurting More Than Ever.

A few things are weighing on me heavily this morning. I could not be more thankful that my building sold as quickly as it did. Quicker would have been better, lol, but everything takes so much longer than it should with the paperwork, banks, and lawyers, etc. Just the way it is—all in God’s time.

My new career path is mainly blogging. But blogging takes a long time to really take off. I am LOVING the process, though!!! Once you get it all set up and plug-ins, SEO, widgets, etc…I love it! I am starting from the bottom, but at least I do have a small following, and that helps a ton. THANK YOU to those of you who take the time to read my stories or look at my craft and furniture painting ideas. THANK YOU. I love sharing, and sharing is caring after all.

On the flip side for my other small biz friends, the first quarter is slow regardless. People are trying not to spend and pay off their Christmas spending bills. Or the weather is crappy, so they can’t get out, or the weather is extremely crappy, and the store has to close. All these things HURT small businesses.

And now we have the Coronavirus. Good grief. I’m still not sure what to think. I suppose it’s better to be safe than sorry, but I’ve never seen anything quite like this in my lifetime that I can remember?
And this may be one more nail in small businesses coffin. Pardon the morbid description, but it can be that serious. Already slow first-quarter sales and add no one is getting out = no sales.

I’m sure this is not news to most people, but it is just tugging on my heart today. So if you do happen to go out, don’t forget about your small business friends. If you can afford to, go buy something, share their posts, be supportive. Being a small biz owner of a brick and mortar was not for me, but I have lots of friends who love it. And I want them to succeed as long as they want to, but they will need everyone’s help. And if that small biz has an online store, that would be another way to support them without actually having to get out there.

I am just throwing some things out there. I just keep thanking God that this is one of the small biz owner problems that are not directly affecting me. I still know to an extent because I was in their shoes.

I can almost guarantee you that even though things are slower than slow right now, there are still people coming in looking for donations—another big drain on small business. I’ve often thought people should really leave the small businesses alone and go door to door to the people who have 9 to 5 jobs and know exactly what their income will be every week? Right now, the small businesses may not be bringing in much of anything but still have building payments, rent, insurance, inventory, employee paychecks, utilities, chamber dues, and a whole list of other things that I’m probably forgetting—just one of the ugly sides to being a business owner.

Wow, sorry, didn’t mean to get off track. I was just putting out there that I truly feel for my small biz friends NOW and ALWAYS. It can be tough, and it can make you question why in the world you ever wanted to do it? Maybe the last part was just me? Lol, The creative small business is a whole other animal. The business part can steal your creativity. But again…maybe that was just me!

Anyway…if you are in a position to or want to aren’t afraid to leave the house… I’m sure your local small businesses would love to see you or have you shop online with them!

Just my 2 cents for the day!