{"id":2629,"date":"2017-11-25T11:36:29","date_gmt":"2017-11-25T18:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/ahappymedium\/?p=2629"},"modified":"2017-11-25T11:36:30","modified_gmt":"2017-11-25T18:36:30","slug":"small-business-saturday-gratitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/ahappymedium\/2017\/11\/small-business-saturday-gratitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Business Saturday Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/ahappymedium\/2017\/11\/small-business-saturday-gratitude\/kristy-robinett\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2630\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2630\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/222\/2017\/11\/kristy-robinett-300x169.png\" alt=\"kristy robinett\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\"><\/a>I was once told I wasn\u2019t smart enough to have my own business. My Scorpio personality is one to not fret over what someone thinks I can\u2019t do, and instead show them how wrong they are.\n<p>Being a small business owner doesn\u2019t come without fears. It comes with lots, along with\u00a0 long hours, no 401K, or life insurance, and absolutely no sick, vacation, or personal days. It also means that you\u2019re strapped to a laptop while catching up on the DVR and on your phone while trying not to burn dinner. Despite all that, I\u2019m very grateful. It couldn\u2019t come without all of the amazing support throughout the year.\u00a0 Whether it\u2019s a hug at a library event, allowing me to contact your loved one on the other side, or sitting in the dark speaking to the other side at a ghost hunt \u2013 I\u2019m so thankful that I did more than showed that person how capable I was of being a small business owner, I fell in love with what I do. I don\u2019t get a Christmas bonus or a water cooler talk, but I get more \u2013\u00a0I get all of you.\u00a0Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>As my thanks I\u2019ve discounted several events $10 off (just for today only), have added some\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/report.mnb.email\/t.js?s=5a19b4adb62aa52da8224482&amp;u=39257256&amp;v=3&amp;key=ad6c&amp;skey=79c674d559&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fkristyrobinetttangledwishes.fullslate.com%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">mini sessions<\/a>, and have a small gallery reading normally $120 for $90 (only good for today only\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/report.mnb.email\/t.js?s=5a19b4adb62aa52da8224482&amp;u=39257258&amp;v=3&amp;key=ad6c&amp;skey=79c674d559&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fkristyrobinetttangledwishes.fullslate.com%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">right here<\/a>). I also see that Amazon has discounted my books (and they make great stocking stuffers \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/report.mnb.email\/t.js?s=5a19b4adb62aa52da8224482&amp;u=39257260&amp;v=3&amp;key=1aca&amp;skey=79c674d559&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FKristy-Robinett%2Fe%2FB0030JGDMC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">right here<\/a>).<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thank you again for all the love! I\u2019m so thankful! I believe in you.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/ahappymedium\/2017\/11\/small-business-saturday-gratitude\/kristylibrary-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2631\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2631\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/222\/2017\/11\/KristyLibrary-1-212x300.png\" alt=\"KristyLibrary (1)\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\"><\/a>Believe,<\/div>\n<div>Kristy Robinett<\/div>\n<div>www.kristyrobinett.com<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was once told I wasn\u2019t smart enough to have my own business. My Scorpio personality is one to not fret over what someone thinks I can\u2019t do, and instead show them how wrong they are. Being a small business owner doesn\u2019t come without fears. It comes with lots, along with\u00a0 long hours, no 401K, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1109,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[125,6,994,993],"class_list":["post-2629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-gratitude","tag-kristy-robinett","tag-small-business","tag-small-business-saturday"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Small Business Saturday Gratitude<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I was once told I wasn&#039;t smart enough to have my own business. 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