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Falling Short and Moving On

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I do not want this blog post to be a pity party. I am not going to wallow whatsoever. Everything is fine. I’m ready to move on.

Here’s the thing: my blog posts have not been terribly consistent. I skipped publishing last week because of my garage sale. I just did not have the time or the energy to come up with a blog post.

So, I fell short. And not only with blogging.

I told the gal on the phone when I was placing an ad in our local free “shopper” publication that “hopefully I’ll make more than” the cost of the ad. Well, I did that. Just not by much.

As they say, “The joke’s on me”.

My goal going into this garage sale was to make myself some money. I looked upon it as a personal fundraiser. Yet, I fell short.

No matter. Seriously. I benefitted from having this garage sale in other ways. More important than cold hard cash.

Like the fun “girl time” I had in the garage the night before with my neighbor and my sister-in-law. We enjoyed margaritas as we chatted and laughed, pricing stuff late into the night.

During the two-day sale, I had lots of interactions with other neighbors as well, and I learned a few things about the lake and our little neighborhood.

SIL and I re-purposed the crappy old stool one of our neighbors put out on the road the day before.

We giggled along with the kiddos and their parents that came in when the kids discovered my “Badass” (from the Jen Sincero book which I love) buzzer. You hit it once and it says (in Jen’s voice) “You can do eeet!”. Hit it again and it says “Do what you love!”. A third hit exclaims”Feed fear a suck-it sandwich!”, a fourth hit gets you “You create your reality!”, then these goofy (yet worthy) affirmations conclude with “You’re a badass!”

Yes, in this process I inadvertently taught my “bonus” grandson (daughter’s boyfriend’s 3-year-old) a naughty word. Oops.

The buzzer didn’t sell. I think I’m going to keep it. I suspect it will come in handy someday.

I also came up with another idea: to sell my stuff on Facebook Marketplace. There’s still quite a bit of stuff left, obviously, and selling it this way seems much easier than my previous method. Additionally, being the student that I am, I am eager to learn new-to-me social media skills.

Now it’s time to share the most appropriate song for the state I’m in after this experience. It’s “the worst song ever” per my 9 year-old-grandson.

12 thoughts on “Falling Short and Moving On”

  1. I think you have the right attitude! Best laid plans, and all that. But it’s the interactions that count, that will stay with you. And I don’t do FB marketplace but I know people who have great luck with it. I’m with you on the wanting to have new SM skills!

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  2. I’m sorry to hear the garage sale didn’t go as well as you had hoped. Hopefully Facebook Marketplace will be a good spot to sell.

    Who are these kids dunkin’ on Steve Miller Band? 😂 So funny!

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    1. Thank you. It was worth doing for sure, just not in a financial way. We’ll see how it goes on FB Marketplace. It’ll be an adventure! It was so funny when my grandson came over one day and announced that he heard the “worst song ever” on the van ride to my house. He started to say the words then Hubs and I chimed in singing the rest of it. LOL!

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  3. The worst song ever? That was my uncle’s theme song! And while he was…colorful, he brought smiles so so many faces during his all-too-short time on earth.

    Believe me when I say you are not failing harder than me right now. And while I know my circumstances give me reasons, they do not give me a pass. We will win again. This just is not our season.

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    1. Ha ha! Your uncle sounds like a gem. You feel like you’re failing? I’m sorry to hear that. I don’t know if this is helpful to you, but one of the things (I believe from the Badass book) that keeps me on course is this: keep doing the next “right” thing. The thing that feels right. Follow your instincts essentially. Thanks for commenting 🙂

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  4. It sounds like you had a great time doing the garage sale — and that it was a great stepping stone to the next way to sell stuff. Maybe that’ll be a fun experience too. I hope so! 🙂

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  6. Rhonda, I love that song! As you pointed out, not all successes are measured in money, and I think you had a rewarding and successful experience, my friend. Also, you got blog fodder from it! So, well done! Mona

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