Life As a Business Owner!

Oh my, hello there!

I’ve popped in to tell you a little about what’s been going on. Or perhaps to have something to look back at in a year and think “My my, I’ve come a long way from not knowing anything about how to run a business”.

Noshfood is now officially licenced with the province of Ontario as a Wholesale Bakery/Catering operation (operation makes it sound a little saucy and devious, no?) and while I feel joy and excitement about this new venture… I’m also having a hard time breathing/sleeping/eating (ok, not eating. I lied) without slipping into a full blown panic attack. It’s scary knowing that it’s actually real. Now I have to do all the things that really scare me the most. Like finding a kitchen, deciding if I can quit my day job, finding funding, hiring an employee, doing my bookeeping etc etc etc. That’s some grown ass shit right there (pardon the swears, it just seemed appropriate).

I’m going to see a kitchen on Tuesday in hopes of finding a little nook to (legally) run my business. It’s scary to think I might be locked into a lease agreement. The neat thing about the kitchen in question is that I would be running my business from there but they also run a hotel-esque building (I’m not comfortable giving more details than that) and have asked that if I do decide I want to use that kitchen that I could also do some cooking of my own for guests. It would be nice to flex some culinary muscle to people other than my close friends.

Like I mentioned before, it’s so very scary to think that you might not have a day job (and a generous income) to support you any longer. But at the same time, if I don’t put my all into this and give it all my time and attention then it feels like a waste to continue.

Why isn’t there some sort of answer handbook for all of this to reassure me I’m on the right path. Someone should write one of those. Probably not me, though.

And now I’m off to make a donkey out of marshmallow fondant for the first time (Oh, did I mention I’m doing cakes now? Because I am.)