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Gifford Brickley
This attachment to the hustle is doing us more harm than good. Just this year, Americans have hit record-high levels of stress, anxiety, and anger: 55% of Americans report feeling stressed about their lives, which is 20% higher than the global average. Working too hard is costing us our mental and physical health on so many levels.
What would life be like if you slowed down, just a little? If you took your time waking up, scheduled breaks for self-care, were fully present when you were with your loved ones, and made your working hours as productive and focused as possible so that you had less of them?
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High in contents of Vitamin A, Vitamin E and essential fatty acids, shea butter helps soften and smooth, while nourishing the scalp. It helps to lock in moisture and serve as a protective barrier for strands. Containing anti-inflammatory properties, shea helps to sooth the scalp.
Like pthalates, not all parabens are created equal. Parabens can be found in nature, especially as antioxidants in blueberries, but some parabens, primarily used as preservatives, have been found to be more toxic than previously thought. Parabens have been shown to cause allergic reactions and exacerbate some skin conditions. Some research has shown that parabens mimic estrogen and can trigger hormone disruption in the body, however, no direct link has been found with consumer goods.
Sulfates are what make shampoos "sudsy." Technically, they are known as "surfanctants," and they attract oil and water. They also remove dirt and dead skin cells from skin and scalp. While all "sulfates" are not "bad" for you, some sulfates, such as SLS and SLES, have been known to strip natural oils from the hair and scalp, cause irritation on the scalp and skin, and cause dry/brittle hair.
Phthalates are used to make plastics flexible and lubricate cosmetics. Technically, we call these "plasticizers." These are often found in synthetic fragrances. Not all pthalates are bad, but the ones that are harmful are known as "endocrine disruptors," which means their chemical structure mocks the human hormone in the body, potentially causing premature sexual development in young girls, reproductive toxicity, and potentially weight gain in men.
Mineral oil is used to treat certain scalp conditions, including dandruff or scalp psoriasis. However, mineral oil is a derivative of crude oil - the very same crude oil that is purified into petroleum. The problem with this is the purification process uses toxic chemicals and carcinogens, and if not properly distilled, remain in the mineral oil. While it will not put you in mortal danger, mineral oil has been shown to negatively impact hair growth and also causing lasting disruption to the scalp with those who have sensitivity to it.
Up until 2015, I had been homeschooling my four children. My youngest was finally old enough to go to preschool, so I decided to send all my children to school and re-enter the workforce. We had been living very conservatively, but no matter how much my husband and I tried to save, money was always tight.
It shouldn't have come as a surprise that no one wanted to hire me with that kind of schedule. Being a mom was still my number one priority, and I didn't want to have my youngest in daycare all afternoon. I also couldn't imagine missing afternoon snack time with my older kids or family dinners or those precious weekends.
But what kind of business can you start with very little time and very little money? I wondered. I was drawn to the garden, but the idea of selling my produce or turning my backyard into a plant nursery wasn't appealing (or HOA-approved!). It was thanks to a friend that I eventually realized my knowledge of the garden was the best product I had to sell. (You can read more about the path that led me to garden consulting here.)
When I first started, I intended to only do garden consultations. I would visit the client's home, consider their available outdoor space, and tell them where I thought they should put the garden. I charged $25 and scheduled these hour-long consultations in the mornings between preschool drop offs and pickups.
It didn't take long for my business to morph into something more comprehensive. If I told a client I'd do a raised bed and some trellises, they would ask, "Well, which raised bed would you buy? Could you get a raised bed for me?" So I began sourcing garden structures and products for my clients. Thanks to my new wholesale license, I'd procure the bed at a discounted price and grab soil bags at a wholesale price. I charged clients the retail price for both. For every item I sourced for their garden space and delivered to their home, I'd add a little markup.
After a couple months, I increased the price for my consultation from $25 to $50. By August of 2016, my company was making about $20K a month. I would gather all the materials during the day while my youngest was in preschool. After I picked her up, we'd deliver the materials to my clients and then go pick up the rest of my kids and drive them to their various after-school activities. I got into a flow that was really working for me.
By the time my daughter went to kindergarten, my business had grown enough for me to work more hours each day and even begin hiring part-time employees and contractors to help me out. If I'd wanted to, though, I could have stayed working part time and kept my business small.
My focus was on finding a way to make money while still doing all the things for my family I'd held dear as a stay-at-home-mom. Now I want you to hear about two Gardenary consultants who built their businesses on the side while working full time.
Nicole Jagielski of Patio Produce is a full-time lawyer. She had grown up gardening with her mom and grandmother and then started doing a lot more gardening during the pandemic. She was feeling a little unfulfilled working at her old firm and wanted to make gardening more of a focus in her life. She found Gardenary and began setting up her gardening business during a week she had off work before she started at a new law firm.
A coaching session is the simplest thing you can offer in your spare time. Your client would be someone who already has a garden set up and planted. They hire you to come in and teach them the gardening system that works for you. This is a great side hustle for teachers who love to garden because you're already great at distilling information into easy-to-digest lessons for your students.
This type of one-on-one service is the easiest thing to sell. You can complete it in just two hours (that's one hour for the coaching session and 30 minutes on each end for drive time). Coaching sessions can also be super fun. You can charge anywhere from $50 to $150 an hour for your time.
You can do what I did and visit clients' homes for hour-long consultations. Your only expense for a consultation is the gas to drive yourself to their location, so consultations have a great profit margin.
You can even earn a little more by promising your client a deliverable after their consultation. That deliverable could be a garden design, a planting plan, a step-by-step guide, or a breakdown of the different growing seasons in your area.
Workshops are basically coaching sessions for a group of people. You pick a location, decide what you're going to teach, and then gather supplies. I started off doing salad and herb garden workshops. I'd buy little planters in bulk, plus flats and flats of herbs or lettuce plants, and then I'd divide enough soil to fill each planter into baggies. I'd walk my workshop attendees through the steps to fill and plant up their little gardens, and then I'd teach them how to tend and harvest their new gardens. At the end, I'd spend some time answering their questions.
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