Dom flesta säger “finally Friday” i slutet av veckan men min reaktion var “vaa it's friday again? ” Lol :)

The week has gone unusually fast, it may in itself be due to the fact that I had zero control over the weekdays after the holidays because Thursday (the first working day) felt like Monday and then I worked on Saturday as well so it got crazy in my head.

But today is Sunday and I am in control of the situation again!

Reminded of his target image every day
There have been some private things that have drained me of energy lately and then it is extra important to take advantage of all moments in everyday life, and luckily I am an expert at it;) I love small things that mean things and spreads a little extra warmth and joy.

One such thing is that I have now started with lit candles and coffee every morning when I put on my make-up (have had a break from that routine during the hot summer) and now I also have another dot-over-the-factor in the make-up room: shells from Tarifa!

Vi älskade Tarifa i Spanien och kände båda två att “this is HERE we will have our foreign house in the future!And it's so much fun, now we've found it like!

På stranden fanns det många stora och helt platta snäckor, jag brukar aldrig ta hem snäckor från stränder men det här blev ett undantag eftersom jag dels fick lite “mamma” i mig som alltid tänkte “men den här kan ju komma till användning till nått” och sparade på allt haha, men också för att det kändes betydelsefullt med någonting från favoritstranden där vi kommer bo i framtiden ;)

Pretty quickly I figured out what to use them for - to mix makeup on! Many people use an old tile or similar when they mix e.g. eyeliner but now I run my Tarifa shells and am reminded every day of my new life goal - buying a house in Tarfia. So good!

It is of course cleaned properly and I have sprayed them as well. Was afraid that it would start to grow worms in the eyes or reached haha. We have to keep our fingers crossed;)

Cinnamon Bun Day & show their appreciation to colleagues
Last Thursday we had a staff meeting (or hug meeting as we call it = kunstructive, roligt, alla medarbetare) in the morning and since it was Cinnamon Bun Day, Miska and I all invited cinnamon buns :)

Innan vi startade med salongen och anställda så sa jag “jag kommer vara en sån där bra chef som bjuder på tårta varje fredag!” haha. Men i praktiken så blev det inte så för i början var vi så få personer så alla jobbade olika tider och “försökte vara nyttiga” o.s.v. och nu när vi är fler så är man så inne i alla rutiner att man glömmer bort alla små extradetaljer som man tyckte var viktigt i början.

Jag tycker att det är jätteviktigt att visa uppskattning till kollegorna och jag gör det mycket men jag ska försöka göra det ännu mer, för det blir mest småsaker som att “jag kan fixa din disk” om jag äter lunch samtidigt som någon samt små positiva kommentarer/feedback i förbifarten som “vad fin sminkningen blev på din första kund!” och sånt. Ja och sen stora viktiga saker såklart men nu pratar jag små “extragrejer” :) Men jag skulle vilja vara en chef som lägger ännu mer tid på sånt.

En idé som jag frågade alla om i veckan är att vi borde införa ett “månadsbrev” som jag skriver varje månadsslut. Där kan jag dels sammanfatta praktisk info men framför allt positiva saker och pepp! Jag tänker mig att alla hjälps åt att regelbundet skriva upp bra saker som man ser någon annan göra och i slutet av månaden så sammanställer jag alla dessa och skickar ut en liten kärleksbomb!

Wouldn't that be great? :)

M-development
Jag skrev förut att vi är i startgroparna att starta vårt eget sminkmärke, det är en speciell nish/koncept kan man säga. Men det tar otroligt mycket tid och jag har insett att jag måste fysiskt boka in tid för att jobba med det för att det ska bli av lika mycket som jag vill och behöver – för jag har alltid en lång to do list och sånt som “skriker” vill gärna komma före.

But now I have booked certain times where I will sit with this regardless of whether I have something else important on my to-do list or not! Then of course I will work more with this than that but then I know that it will at least be a certain number of hours a week :)

The name of the brand will start with M (it is at least our working name right now) so M development is now on the schedule for at least 2 hours almost every day!

En detalj som är både positiv och svår är att när det går bra så blir jag så överexalterad att jag inte kan fokusera längre haha. Hjärnan börjar gå på högvarv och jag säger plötsligt saker som “designa fötter” istället för “designa förpackningar”. Så 2 timmar åt gången är ganska lagom, då hinner jag komma igång och göra mycket men sen blir det for fun and then it's time to stop;)

968 BILLION in card payment
Den här veckan har väldigt mycket gått ut på att komma igång efter semestern samt fixa “månadsslut-grejer” så som lönelistor och ekonomirapporter. Jag har en hel check-lista med saker som jag gör i början av varje månad.

When I sat with the statistics for September, I suddenly sat with my mouth open and staring at the report. One of the days when we were on holiday, there was a big mistake at the checkout haha.

It was stated that the card payments of the month were over 968 billion! It goes well for us but not SO well;) How could it be so wrong? And there was not even a note about it at the end of the day haha. The answer to the question was not as complicated as I first thought (a barcode that happened to be entered as a sum) but it is lucky that we double check the stuff before they are sent to our finance girl haha :)

Had not been completely wrong with such long sums on the monthly report, in the future maybe mihihi.

Kissing meetings & letting go of responsibility
After the hug meeting, I also had kiss meetings with the staff (kiss = ppersonal udevelopmentssamtal) where I talk to one person at a time. We started work on personal development last year and have come a long way with everyone developing with their own responsibility across different areas, learning new tasks, following up every month, etc.

But the more time passes, the more we realize (and it is quite logical) that personal development means different things to different people. If you are going to develop more, what does that mean for you? And wow already after the first meeting, there have been so many good ideas!

Jag har tidigare tänkt mycket “hur kan personalen utvecklas mer?” och pepprat med idéer men jag har verkligen lärt mig att jag måste släppa tyglarna.. Jag tror jag är lite rädd för att folk ska tycka att jag kräver för mycket. Jag vill att alla ska ha roligt på jobbet och utvecklas så att dom inte står som robotar och gör samma sak varje dag och blir uttråkade, men så har jag tänkt att det är mitt jobb att dom ska utvecklas och liksom försökt “göra det åt dom”. Jag känner mig duktig som serverar alla idéer, förslag och rutiner på silverfat men det tar också bort en del av det roliga för alla andra.

It is just as much their salon and for them to feel it, you have to get some freedom and responsibility yourself. Everyone gets more pissed and I get more results even though I do less haha. So it really is a win-win! :)

Miska took a picture of me (and Olga in the background) when I have just picked up coffee and am on my way to the office. It may illustrate me when I let go of the reins and walk around in mystoflor and drink coffee while my colleagues work independently haha!

In addition to this, I have e.g. had 7 customers, trying to make a long-term solution with better schedules and reception time, campaign pictures for October and new pictures for our screen in the waiting room, emailed lots here and there and changed some info and pictures on the website.

I have also continued to work at home in bed most evenings and got a lot of things done thanks to it, but it has also resulted in me not being able to get up as early in the morning to do step-by-step make-up so at that point I have not been the most diligent person this week. It is always reached;)

Now I'll fix lots at home in the house this Sunday! Hope you had a great week too!

Hugs are ♥

I am back! :)

It will be a short business post this Sunday because we came home from Spain on Wednesday night so I have only worked 3 days this week - but it was really a kickstart after the holidays!

If we had a good time? Incredibly good! What a panic it was !! :) I have been asked to make a post about the whole trip because several have seen my insta stories and become curious about how it works to rent a car in Spain and tips on sights, etc. if you are going to make a similar trip yourself. So I do not write much about the trip here, but you who are eager to read more will get a full post about it soon instead!

Did the company survive our holiday?
I had so unusually extremely many catastrophic thoughts before the trip, but you know what? I came home to a living cat, a house left on the ground and happy colleagues and happy customers! Pjuh haha.

Under semestern har jag svarat på dom viktigaste mailen och varit tillgänglig när det behövs men jag har nästan varit 100% ledig faktiskt! Vi har lagt mycket fokus på att den “dagliga verksamheten” i företaget ska vara självgående utan oss och vi börjar mer och mer se att det ger resultat! Mina kollegor är så himla duktiga! :)

I just had to take a picture of Norwegian's flight magazine when we were on the plane, I flipped through and suddenly Maria Strömme appeared! :) It is she who is the nanoprofessor who developed the new topic Upsalite that I blogged so much about before, it was through her that I started doing consulting work for Upsalite and I last made her up just a few days before this :) Such a power woman!

Back to work
Before I went on holiday, I kind of drowned in my to-do list and it was not mainly urgent things but I just really did not want stuff that lagged behind when I came back. IF I was grateful for that now? Really worth gold!

You have a lot to deal with as it is still after 2.5 weeks away from work.

When I sat in the car on the way to the salon before the first working day, it did not feel difficult at all, I was aware of the situation as well :)

Treated me to a Celsius on the way to work last Thursday - to kickstart the kickstart as well;)

Lots of customers & Saturday jobs
I torsdags och fredags betade jag av allt “adminjobb” som behövdes för att komma på banan igen efter semestern. Och så hade jag en del stamkunder också som väntat på att jag ska komma tillbaka.

Last Saturday, our makeup artist Lisa (who usually works every Saturday) was on Hairology training, so I took her Saturday this week and had a bridal makeup, a makeup consultation and an eyebrow client. So it was only 4 hours at the salon and then I went home and continued working at the computer at home in bed.

Autumn event!
We kicked off the first working day on Thursday with events in the evening! We had a beauty event together with Art Clinic and some other companies in the industry and it was so successful!

Since it was my first day of work, I had prepared everything before I left, with signs, packing lists, winnings, offers, areas of responsibility, etc. so I barely needed to lift a finger now because the staff packed everything last so I just went there and set up everything , so awesome ♥

There were a lot of guests who were happy to talk and interested and asked a lot of questions and then I'm in my element, I love talking to people! :)

I only took a few quick pictures just when the event started because I was full then!

Here is Annika with the little baby's belly talking about permanent makeup and showing pictures of lip tattoo on the screen next to her :)

We received a lot of bookings and had a really nice evening! I love the feeling after events, you are happy and full of energy from all the nice people and wonderful laughs - at the same time as you are completely finished after all the work you put in and the long and intense day. Tired but satisfied :)

Active rest
Rest and recovery are very important to feel good! For me, different types of rest are needed, you can divide it into physical rest and mental rest.

Sometimes you need to rest by, for example, lying on the couch and watching a movie for a whole day, ie physical rest where you simply do nothing at all. But I have a period now where I need more active rest = you are free but do fun things that remove thoughts from work and musts while I am physically active!

I felt this extremely much on our Spain trip where we stayed in 9 different hotels for 16 days and experienced lots of new places and impressions. It was absolutely perfect timing right now! Last winter I needed physical rest - then we were in Mexico and just ate, bathed and sunbathed and I felt SO good about it then! And now I need mental rest where my body was active but my brain had a holiday and I felt SO good about it now.

Jag har jobbat så mycket dom senaste åren att jag varit lite “besatt” av att vara hemma när jag är ledig. Jag har knappt velat umgås med folk för att “inte gå miste om helgen”, helt sjukt. Men som företagare har man redan en diffus gräns mellan jobb och privatliv och ett tag kändes allt inplanerat som jobb eller måsten även fast det bara var roliga saker. Det blev liksom “en till grej på att-göra-listan” oavsett vad det var. Men nu har det där börjat lätta faktiskt vilket jag tycker är jättekul!

I heard Bert Karlsson talk about it in the business podcast a long time ago too, he plays Flipper to get the brain to relax and thinks everyone should have it in the staff rooms haha. Wonderful idea I think :) It's a bit the same principle, it gives mental rest.

Therefore, I now have a huge desire to plan things on the weekends, which is not at all like me, such as going out and dancing and going far to meet old friends. So fun! I actually feel more alert after this trip than when I just lay and lazed for 2 weeks in Mexico haha.

Life should have more mountains and less stress - so you do not understand how wonderful I felt in nature in Spain! I had not understood before how extremely mountainous it is in southern Spain? Just looking out the window when we drove what a magic!

Yesterday when I had finished working I had physical rest - watched a series in the bathtub ♥

And today I will have an active rest as I will first go to a small animal market with Annika who will possibly buy more hens and then I will continue this eternity project with firewood for the winter!

Hugs are! :)