“Can’t seem to concentrate. Can’t seem to stay focused. Almost all parts of my work life are not interesting to me. I used to be good at this, dedicated even, but now I’m finding it almost impossible to care. It’s time for a change I guess…”
I wrote this just a few months before I left my career as a Systems Administrator for a computer services consulting company— It was a long-winded way of saying, “I am SO burnt out.” It was 15 years of being constantly on call.
My husband Martin had started a clock repair business and I decided to go work for him while I decided what to do next with my life.
At About Time, I had my hand in almost all aspects of running a small business, but what I enjoyed most was creating marketing materials like the typical business card-letterhead-envelope type, to the totally unnecessary wine label, New Years Day greeting card, and CD of songs that were “About Time” (Anybody remember ‘25 to 6 or 4’)?
About Time Clock Restoration Marketing Materials
Combining my love of art and design with my affection for computers felt right. I started by using Microsoft Publisher.
Martin, being the entrepreneurial type and a master at pivoting, bought a vintage auto parts company called Abingdon Spares. His goal was to develop it into an online business and he needed me to build his website. It was trickier than I thought it would be considering there were over 4,000 parts! And as before, the best part of this job was creating the marketing materials to promote the business.
Abingdon Spares Marketing Materials
As time went on, I felt like I needed some more formal training, so it was back to school again… Enter, the Adobe Creative Suite.…