Running a Creative Business Successfully During Covid-19 – Simone Power

Simone is the founder of successful monthly sticker brand Bowler Bear Designs. A monthly subscription sticker box beautifully designed with daily positivity messages and charming encouraging illustrations for mindfulness and keeping uplifted during these times. Simone shines a light on mental health, demystifying anxiety and our negative emotions that can be a constant inner voice. Showing up for this much needed service through the first Lock down whist home schooling 2 children was tough, Simone stepped up during this time regardless and of course the business actually thrived which can come with guilt! We talk about coping strategies and how she juggled home-schooling with her non-negotiable running group, Simone started it years back now with 30 plus members! Plus juggling all of that with Indie Roller Fairs too and little did we know just 2 weeks ago that all of this would be actual useful strategies for us all now! Simone's Take aways 1.Look for your people on Instagram and only people who uplift and inspire. 2.Being a worrier is ok if you shine a light on it, it makes it all much smaller and knowing that, telling your truth gives permission to others and to own their own parts of themselves 3. If you need a deep conversation with your children or whoever, go on a walk or a car drive. 4. Running is great for your mental health with a friend. It is a great for lockdown right now, maybe on your phones through lock down? Have ‘Corona coaster!’ Chat about your day, let off all of your steam 5. virtual races - great north run are doing a January one! 6. It’s so easy right now to put your business or passion to the side and say I’ll pick it up when this is all over. Don't that! Keep showing up for yourself! Use it or loose it! Because whats the alternative? You not having something for you right now? It doesn’t have to be as much as last year, just keep chipping away for your own piece of mind. No one is going to pick it up for you. 7. Everyone is at a different part of their journey and you will get there. 8. When you’re experiencing a creative block, move onto your admin or mocking up, or packaging, as you’re still moving through your lists. 9. At the end of the week, focus only on all the things that went well and write it down as ‘ I am proud of myself because... You can find Simone at https://www.bowlerbeardesigns.com/ https://www.instagram.com/bowlerbeardesigns/?hl=en