Good Morning All, A new blogger yet again. My main thoughts will be penned down here. I thought what the heck instead of using pen and paper having to buy new pens and journals to write my thoughts down why don't i modernise?
After all I am already 42 years of age! Maybe a bit about myself to introduce me to the world...
My name is Baan and a Dutch ex pat living in Hereford with my partner and 2 beautiful kids, I hasten to mention I have 2 more beautiful kids in Holland which I visit as much as I can, minimal once a month. My blog name gives it all away: I sell or should I say TRY to sell flowers for a living.
The title of my blog also gives a lot away. I am trying to find time to do lots of things in a very limited time, who had the idea to make days as short as 24 hours? There again some 24 hours seem to last a lifetime. Over the recent years and months lots of things have happened and I won't bore you with the details but life hasn't been easy for my poor partner. I chose this road and I will stick to this road but she is just an innocent bystander who has supported me through thick and of late mainly thin.
I haven't been easy to live with for the first years!of our relationship but after realising that the blame lies with me and no-one else I had to stand up and take responsibility, which I have duly done. I read the whole collection of self help books with the back up of cd's and dvd's.
One day I came to the conclusion that all the books and other gadgets had one thing in common: They were all preaching the straight and narrow... Now I used to be a religious man but lost my way and I have been pointed back to that road yet again.
I thank God for guiding me back to the road which has served me so well. I know now from hind sight that all the things I hunted I already had. I'd thrown it all away to start again and found peace in believing in God. Since I've embraced Him again my sleepless night have all but gone and I am making the business decisions which I was too lazy to do for years. He is helping me to make the right choices now. My empty years are behind me... However time is of the essence. We have a business to rescue here, and as we are in a credit crunch and flowers are a luxury item we have to be creative and look for new ways of doing our business. We operate in the wholesale field of the market and life hasn't been easy but I feel that this crunch will help us focus on what to do and this will sort out the men from the boys.
If we are on the right side of the divide time will only tell. I am open to suggestions and ideas... The finding time heading of my first blog has to do with the hours I work already, I don't want my work to be killing me but would also like to survive, couple this with my re-found faith there don't seem to be enough hours in the day.
I hope somebody will have the stamina to read all of these ramblings. My aim is to blog as much as I can and to trust my thoughts to you.I know there is somebody out there who may have been or still is in the same situation who can give me strength to continue this business...
Have a great sunday,
Baan