To all my newbie peeps!

Ok. So this is the message that I'm going to be looking at daily when I sit down to start my Etsy work day.  I found this inspirational message on Pinterest.  But after my day yesterday, I decided to tweek it a bit by adding the pink little "Etsy" word.

Ya see, I'm just starting out on the ol' Etsy. And let me tell you it can be quite overwhelming.  Don't get me wrong, I am absolutely loving the opportunity to have my creations viewed everyday by people across the world. It's been wonderful to chat with Etsians online and find artists in my own county who are super supportive and making great work.  I love being able to create. And having my work in a place where anyone can just drop in and see it is very cool. But it's all of the "other stuff" that gets me down. By "other stuff" I mean the business side of things. It's the Facebooking and Flickring and tweetering and (no offense) keeping up with a blog.

And I wouldn't consider myself technologically obsolete. Ok, so in my younger days as a waitress, I looked so "folksy" that almost once a week someone would ask me if I was Amish and genuinely mean it. And there was that time that I had to get a new phone because it was working so slowly and the manager at the phone store explained that it was operating so poorly because the towers that were once powering my phone were no longer in existence.  So obviously, I don't keep up with the trends. When it comes down to it, all of these things are new to me!  

So yesterday, I had a bit of a break down when confronted with all of this newness. But, my blog buddies, I am back and I am determined!  I shall tweet with confidence and post with...uh I dunno, good, uh, pictures.

Is there anyone out there who is just starting out? If so, let me know how you cope!  Do you have any special tricks or routines to keep things simple? Or let me know if you just need to vent - we can be our own Etsy support team.  Let's hear it for the newbies!!!