On Brand.
With just two months left in 2019, we’ve set some rather ridiculously bold sales goals to achieve by December 31st. And the goals don’t really matter much because nothing magical happens if we achieve them, nor does anything terrible happen if we don’t…but we respond best to a challenge by figuring out the most insane way to take ourselves to the next level. And now that we’ve decided how we would like to finish 2019, I was up at 3:50 this morning thinking it all through. Well, I also unloaded the dishwasher and read a solid chunk of Blink by Malcolm Gladwell, which is really goals for this stage in my life.
At any rate, here is a round up of a few things that don’t deserve their own post but are interesting nonetheless:
Our first full rent payment on PJP Nifong is due on Friday. We only had to pay a partial amount in October because we paid at lease signing. It is $2500 more per month than PJP Buttonwood and that’s 2,500 reasons to keep me up at night.
I will say that we find significantly less things to be righteously indignant about on the Nifong side of things comparative to Buttonwood. There isn’t a massive pothole or cutthroat parking on Saturdays at PJP Nifong and honestly, an extra $2500 a month may be the going rate for not hating a pothole. Remind me of that when I cry writing the check on Friday.
I’ve actually found enough time to work in my office to realize that using a metal folding chair is a TERRIBLE SOLUTION for seating.
We are kicking around the idea of adding the option of frozen pot pie to the Thanksgiving order form to solve your dinner needs that Tuesday and Wednesday night before the holiday. I had this idea this morning while I was baking and announced it to Team PJP. They 100% wished I would go back to my office and sit in my terrible chair and keep my ideas to myself.
And finally, we are starting to mark down some fall merchandise to make way for fun new Christmas items. We have a few of these Midlife Crisis candles left at 25% off (originally $10, now $7.50). And if no one ends up buying them, goodness knows I could 100% burn them all at 4 am when I can’t sleep because I’m thinking about sales goals and rent payments and it would be 100% on brand.
