Not knowing what I'm worth.
Nov. 25th, 2023 07:45 pmI gave everybody super cheap rates at the craft fair today for faery hair, in an effort to support the event and because I'm shit at asking for what I am worth.
The result was that I got zero tips and one person even shorted me ten bucks.
I made the same in 8 hours plus load in/load out that I make in 4 hours at the studio.
It's a really good lesson, to not put myself in an environment like that. It's not their fault, it's entirely my issue.
I still came home decently paid for a day's work, and with warm fuzzies from conversations, but working in the studio would have been a million times better. Now I know.
It was nice to socialize, but I can just attend and shop if I want to do that, I don't have to work to see my people.
The result was that I got zero tips and one person even shorted me ten bucks.
I made the same in 8 hours plus load in/load out that I make in 4 hours at the studio.
It's a really good lesson, to not put myself in an environment like that. It's not their fault, it's entirely my issue.
I still came home decently paid for a day's work, and with warm fuzzies from conversations, but working in the studio would have been a million times better. Now I know.
It was nice to socialize, but I can just attend and shop if I want to do that, I don't have to work to see my people.