I can’t believe how high the price of gold is. It just keeps climbing higher and higher. I wonder when the price will start going down again?
Did you know that I used to be a jeweller? Yeah … back in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Yep. I made gold jewelery. I worked for a company that made jewelery from scratch – from wax mold, to castings, then polishing and assembling each and every piece.
When I worked in the jewelery trade Gold reached a price of about $800 an ounce and at the time that was the highest price it had ever been, but now that gold is at about $1338 an ounce that makes the jewelery that I was making seem like discount jewelry!
Hmmm Maybe I should get back into the jewelery trade? Nah … I left it for a reason – I enjoyed the work, but I hated the atmosphere. By the early 90’s I’d opened my own business and I worked 16 or more hours a day (like I do now as webmaster!) but my clients were extremely demanding, cheap and well … rude. I don’t want to go back to that again.
Yes, it’s definitely about more than just the money, isn’t it? It’s important to love your work, and if it’s too stressful, it’s time to find something else.
I love making, giving, and receiving gift baskets, so my business of selling them is just a natural fit.