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I walked away and went on vacation with my family and friends. I know it SEEMS like it’s not a big deal, but it totally is. Since owning Misty Saves the Day, I’ve only been on vacation once – and it was just for a weekend. I haven’t ever taken a full week off, and […]

April 15, 2017

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Why did you go into business for yourself?  Did you think that you had a novel idea that needed to be implement?  Do you have talent that you could sell to the world? Whatever your reason may be, ultimately, I think we all went into business for ourselves because we wanted to have a say […]

April 6, 2017

valerie demo, lifestyle family, misty saves the day, small business owner advice

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I had a meeting with an amazing person today who complimented me on my business name, because she said it felt like it was warm, friendly and made her feel a sense of relief.  The truth?  mistysavestheday was my AOL screen name in middle school.  Saves the Day will always be my favorite band.  When […]

March 13, 2017

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I had dinner and drinks with a great friend the other night, and he said something to me that rang true.  Something that he does with his Instagram, that I’ve always admired, is he posts when he feels like it.  What I mean is – he’s not always giving the world the play-by-play.  I won’t […]

January 20, 2017

be present, dragon studio, misty saves the day

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Let me preface this post by saying this: I am not a person who readily admits that she’s wrong.  In fact, if you ask a majority of my friends, they’ll tell you that I always think I’m right, most likely to a fault.  Here’s what I’m ready to stand up and admit today: my friends […]

December 26, 2016

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I’ve thought a lot about how to write this blog – what’s important is that you know that it took me a while to type out the words, to thoughtfully say the things that I wanted to say, and that I decided that I’d tell you the whole story. Owning a business is just hard, […]

December 15, 2016