As I move into November the warning I started giving my clients three months ago is sinking in. November and December are notoriously slow in my industry. People don’t have enough time during the holidays and tend to let everything but family, parties, shopping, and school events slip to the wayside. Knowing this, I have learned to do most of my advanced training in these two months as well as any major vacations. What does this mean? Well it means I am working a total of 11 days in November and those days are split between three locations.
I started warning my loyal clients in August that this was going to happen. I pleaded with them to book ahead. Some did, but unfortunately not everyone is as freakishly anal as I am and now my books are full and I really don’t have any additional days to fit people in. I had hoped to come in on Friday’s to try and accommodate more clients, but my new spa supervisor just doesn’t get me and what I do. She has made it very clear that I am not “special”, so I must play by the same rules as everyone else. This means no coming in special for a client here or there. No making decisions for myself. I am just a cog in the corporate machine and I have no voice. This is a real shame since it cuts off my ability to please my clients. Clients that I care about and do everything in my power to keep happy.
Ahhh well, I don’t imagine it will be a problem much longer. For me change is afoot. I have been moving towards it for a while, but recent events have given me a kick in the butt. It’s time to move on. As one of my clients reminded me yesterday, change is a double edged sword. It’s scary but always leads to better things. Sometimes those better things take a little while to get to, but they are always right around the corner.
Here’s to a rapidly approaching new year and better things to come.