Touchpoint Conference and wondering about the Perfect Balance...

This past Thursday and Friday Jana and I were able to attend the Touchpoint Conference put on by Start up Princess. It is a conference for women in business that offers workshops and networking. We were lucky enough to be finalists in the video competition (Thanks to Clay:)

I loved attending the conference and meeting some really amazing women. There were so many people that had accomplished so many great things in business. The experience left me with with a lot of ambition and also a lot to think about. I loved being inspired and feeling like, "I can do this! We can make Opal Never Shouts succeed!" It also made me realize that I need to figure out where I want to end up. I don't really think that I want to be a huge success in business. I don't want the stress of it all, I don't want to commit the time that it takes and I don't want to sacrifice maybe as much as you have to. The last year, working at a design company, I really had my eyes opened to what I do not want to become. I saw priorities completely skewed and it was a huge lesson on what is important in life.

I want to be my definition of successful. I want to make Opal Never Shouts part of my life, not my entire life. I hope that it can grow big enough to give us a lot of fun projects, that I can continue to pursue my passion for design, and make a little money to travel.

Anyway, I absolutely loved attending Touchpoint and am excited to keep pushing our little design company. We made a few connections that will hopefully lead to a few new projects:)