Started with a Bang!

So here I am a few months ago, very excited about starting a business. I had to market myself. I found FB could be used as a free marketing tool. I set up a business page, and started a contest to give away a free logo. A bang! Yea, not so much.
I did end up with quite a few entries.  I made each business owner work for it a little bit. Then I had some business minds review the entries and pick a winner. They decided a marketing company should win the ultimate FREE logo. Then two others should get a good price break, so I have a few logos out there. Well the one who won let me do quite a bit of sketching and work, then kind of disappeared after her location had some bad weather. I did hear from her after the bad weather, that she was ok, but then not again. One of the discounted logos took the opportunity and we are just now finishing up her logo, hopefully I will be able to share that soon.
So I found out it is hard to be a true graphic designer these days. Those years of school and hard work can mean almost nothing next to a person with some app that let's them put together something in 2 minutes. There is tons of pre-made logo companies, and people selling "custom" logos for $10-$30 dollars a piece. That is a hard competition. So I decided I don't need to compete, and it makes me happier so far. I have more business now that I made that attitude adjustment too.
The summer has been full of photography. Remember I said I am sometimes a photographer. Yea, I have been quite a bit this summer. Which is ok, it's almost like an emotional release to do photos. I have captured two weddings this summer, and have two coming up soon. A few family photo sessions too. I have learned a bunch since doing that too! I ordered myself some new camera equipment... it should arrive today!! I plan to play with it this weekend, hopefully up on the mountain!
So my bang wasn't very loud, but I think so far it has happened perfectly. I think it has given me the opportunity to analyze and grow with the challenges. One of my biggest challenges has been understanding time and all of it's diminishing properties. I'll save that conversation for another day.