Good for you and moments of clarity! Michelle Phoenix, Owner/Elite Nail Technician Wet Paint Nail Spa Nails & Skin www.wetpaintnailspa.com
> On Feb 4, 2014, at 10:43 PM, Jill Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would love to see an article about this, too! Last year after some sudden > health issues I had to cut back my hours in the salon. I was burning the > candle at both ends & in the middle, too, because as the Nail Tech Event of > the Smokies grew, so did the number of hours it took to run all the > behind-the-scenes stuff that makes it tick. > > As a result, I went from working full time behind the nail table to part > time. So my income also was cut in half. I'm not close to retirement (not > even 50 yet), but by the same token working on The Event does not yet afford > me the salary that I lost at the salon. > > The potential for drawing an Event salary is in the future tho, so I'm doing > the balancing act between my 2 roles (nail tech & Event Coordinator) until > then. My goal is to eventually be able to cut back to doing nails maybe 3 > days a week, with the profits from The Event giving me a paycheck for the > other 2 days worth of income. > > Last week I had a moment of clarity when I finally faced: > > A) I'd crested the peak of my career as a nail tech (financially speaking) & > was now on the downward slope. > B) It had to happen at some point, but I thought it wouldn't be for another > 10 years, so I am disappointed. > C) On the bright side, maybe it's not such a bad thing, since my health has > greatly improved. > D) I should let go of the guilt for not having a full days worth of clients > everyday. > E) I'd better kick it into high gear to get my house paid off soon while I > still can! > > Whoever writes this article, please get in touch with me to contribute. I'd > love to write it myself, but knowing my limitations now…I simply don't have > the time! > > > Jill Wright > Event Coordinator & Nail Tech > www.nailtechevent.com > > > >> On Monday, February 3, 2014 11:05:22 AM UTC-6, Wendy Updegrave wrote: >> Hi Gang, >> There comes a time in most techs lives when you no longer are looking to >> increase your clientele. Whether it is because your are at capacity or >> transitioning into retirement or any other reason. All the articles I see >> are about gaining clients. There is a certain finesse involved in no longer >> accepting clients. I have slowed down, which is what I want. I am nearing >> retirement but I still need to make money. I am down to 12 clients. Any of >> you writers out there looking to do a story on retiring techs? I have yet to >> see any articles about this. How do we retire from doing nails and still >> earn a little bit of money from our years of knowledge? Nail Techs are >> aging, there have to be others in this situation. Thanks, Wendy CT >> [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NailTech" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
