Something about me is that I seem to make big decisions when I am sick. Most likely because all my energy goes into laying horizontally and pondering ideas. A few years ago I decided to become a Poshmark seller when I was very ill with something miserable. This time around, while recovering from the flu, I decided a few things about reselling that I’m going to share with you. First, my Poshmark closet called GlassHanger can be found here, for anyone interested.
I’ve had to come to the hard realization that thrift stores are in major competition with resellers. Goodwill now has an online Ebay style shop where they sell all the things you can never find in their store. Prices all over the US have risen at thrift stores, making it hard to buy a picture frame for under $4 these days. I understand that they are a business and this is the best move for them financially. Reseller’s have businesses too though, and not enough of us are getting creative (in my opinion). I, as all resellers do, work incredibly hard for my money. To spend it on a $4 shirt that is going to sit there collecting dust for a year is not my idea of a profitable investment. I’m losing my train of thought because my chihuahua, Daisy, is snoring so loud. Can we just take a minute to appreciate how rotten they are….. I always tell my husband they have been “over rescued.”
Back to what I was saying though, I just cannot continue to invest all of this money in such a slow return. It’s a personal choice and I always say, do what works for you. I’ve decided to liquidate my clothing, hence the thumbnail picture at the top. Those were just today’s boxes & packages of things I sold. The past two days also looked quite similar. I’ve discovered people love for you to almost give things away. I priced my clothing around $8 and dropped it from there. Currently, most things are around $7. It’s hard letting go of items I worked so hard for. If I am going to focus on selling more lucrative items though, it has to be done.
My new strategy is to look at my items as if they were paying rent. I’m going to be considering EVERYTHING about the item before deciding to sell it. The size of something does matter because it is obviously taking up space. I’m lucky enough to have a wonderful husband that has been supportive of me having an office to store the chaos in. However, my anxiety is shooting through the roof because I need order back in my life. Piles of things make me lose my dam mind. I’m going to try out selling more home decor, art, glass items, tiny vintage things, wall decor, and basically other things that can fit onto shelves. Dresses are something I realized I’m not ready to give up. Not yet. I love the material of dresses and how graceful they can look. Since dresses go for $5.99 at Goodwill, needing to be selective is an understatement. Many of my dresses I’m liquidating.
On a totally different note, I finally have uploaded another Youtube video on my channel Jenny Laura. You can click here to go check it out.
This was such an easy snack to make to take on the run. My husband and I both enjoyed eating these. It let me know two things. 1. The pre packed granola at the store is extremely over priced. 2. You do not have to have chocolate in your trail mix. I enjoyed the fact that I could add whatever nuts & dried fruit I wanted too. The next time around I am going to put some coconut in there. I’m trying to slowly learn how to make more edible things from Pinterest. If you would like to check out my Pinterest boards at Glass_Hanger click here. Everything from recipes, reselling, home decor, and DIY’s is located over there. I have an inspiration board located here where I post things that bring me peace to look at. In all reality, I doubt I would make most of it. It’s interesting how just visually having an escape can calm us. The same as reading a book and being transported into a completely different life. All of us need the ability to do that, at some point anyway. Not everything is about making money. Go get a book at the thrift store and let it take you some where. Money can’t buy that kind of trip.
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