Hey y'all! It's me Alexandria! This is my first blog post (WOW!) Can you tell I am excited? On June 26th, 2021, I had my first ever launch party for The Setting Place, LLC! It truly was beyond my wildest dreams! I had friends, family, co-workers, and friends of friends show up! The support and love was unmatched! I was in awe of everything and everyone! So, let's dig in! How'd The Setting Place come about?
*FLASHBACK*
The Setting Place, LLC was created in March 2020- during a worldwide pandemic! Listen, it was about this time when everyone was trying to do something to stay SANE... in the house! Thankfully, I forgot that I signed up for Women in Entrepreneurship courses with Cornell University through Bank of America FOR FREE (thanks cousin Amber)! I truly was not doing anything, so I started the courses! I had nothing to lose. As I got into the courses, I immediately called my sister and shared my ideas with her! She is my favorite hypeman because she truly supported me 100%! Did I mention she's a lawyer also kept me on track with all the legal things that needed to be done? YAS, please.
During the courses, we had to develop a product we would like to create or sell to a targeted audience. I thought long and hard about what I wanted to create or sell! I thought about something I am really into and always buy- planners and stationery items! (I'm a school counselor and forever educator, so naturally anything organizational and cute has me sold!) Naturally, I pulled out my old planners and journals (yes, I save my old items) and assessed them all; what I liked and did not like. After taking a look at them all, I realized that I had a planner or journal for everything- self care, meal prep, goal setting, budgeting, fitness- IT WAS TOO MUCH! I realized I wanted something intentional and simple- but cute! After sitting for a few minutes, I thought about how I could combined them all- then BOOM! The idea for an all-inclusive planner popped into my head and off my ideas went!
*CURRENTLY*
And here we are! The Setting Place has seen so many planner drafts- I've lost count! I have worked so hard and long to create something that I hope you absolutely LOVE! I am a consumer too y'all, so before I even started selling these planners, I had my sister and girls test out the planners for several months. The feedback I got from them was INSANE! I hope the same sense of urgency and purpose they got from their planners; I want you to feel the same! So, here's to goals met, to do lists completed, and thoughts captured. SET IT. GO GET IT.
