Made my first sale on eBay. I\u2019m glad it was just one sale, because everything that could go wrong did. In response, I reacted with elevated anxiety. But Eureka! I realized all this \u201cgoing wrong\u201d is just the norm. Like Gary Vee says, entrepreneurship is fire fighting. And so what if it all crashes and burns? I shouldn\u2019t push emotions into it. It\u2019s not life or death. This is a stoic exercise. Being calm in the face of blunders. Executing. It\u2019s a game! Or even meditation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4:13-5:00am: <\/strong>woke too early tried to sleep<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5:00-5:50: <\/strong>up in bed, reviewed sleep scores, posted about sleep on twitter<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5:50-6:50: <\/strong>dancing cardio<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6:50-8:01:<\/strong> make and eat breakfast while listening to Ben Greenfield podcast<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8:01-9:22: <\/strong>frantically contact eBay buyers because I don\u2019t know what I\u2019m doing<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9:22-9:47:<\/strong> made breakfast for mom and sister and did some steps while it was cooking<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8:01-9:11:<\/strong> Communicated with buyers from my items on eBay.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9:47-9:49:<\/strong> checked twitter and linked in<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9:49-10:28: <\/strong>Blogged and posted on twitter<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10:28-11:04:<\/strong> packaged sold cans for eBay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11:04-11:13:<\/strong> Snack\/ black cocoa\/ twitter break<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11:18-11:57:<\/strong> tried to convince my sister to work out with me. Worked out alone to a dance video<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11:57-12:22:<\/strong> Buyer didn\u2019t pay yet on eBay, researched what to do about that. Asked some eBay friends whether I should wait to send the package.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Found the answer: \u201cIt’s not recommended to ship an item, before it’s paid for, under any circumstances.\u201d Source<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sent the buyer a reminder to complete payment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I want to make lunch but the cleaning lady is in the kitchen. But I\u2019m starving! I think I\u2019ll go there anyway and cook<\/p>\n\n\n\n 12:22-1:25:<\/strong> made lunch and ate with family<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1:25-1:49:<\/strong> Sitting and thinking. Getting really tired. But I got to clean out my parents basement.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Coded some of my weight watchers calculator app. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Starving and exhausted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n