Newsletter #3
I hope you guys had a restful last few days however it may have looked for you!
My husband and I pulled off all the highlight side dishes of Thanksgiving with no real plan during our son’s 3 hour nap on Thursday. Since it was really just the two of us eating, we only cooked turkey thighs.
I spent Thanksgiving morning with some of you who picked up pies from me. It was so fun to see some of you and actually be able to say Happy Thanksgiving in person. I feel like it’s been so long since I actually talked to some of you in person. One of the reasons I started Indy Dough was to connect with people with in the food industry here, and to meet my neighbors! One day, we’ll be able to say regularly good morning in person again and I can’t wait!
It’s a funny thing being in the restaurant industry during this time of year, because usually we’re all so focused on Thanksgiving with the thought of Christmas right behind it. Immediately after Thanksgiving, we all take a quick breath and transition to the next holiday. Being a pop-up and working when I have the capacity, I am not trying to gasp for air, but rather I am deep in thought on what I want to do for Christmas. A part of me wants to sell unbaked pie shells. I think it’s so fun to bake yourself, but often the crust is the part that everyone gets fearful of. I’ll probably do an Instagram poll later this week to see if anyone would be up for that purchase or if I should just make the whole pie!
Speaking of Christmas, I know some people create gift guides. I don’t think I’m going to do that and I don’t want to spend my time making one. Instead I’ll give you one gift link to something I’m consistently thankful for. It’s my scale. I use it for so many things from baking, to cooking, to making our coffee in the morning. It is a link to Amazon so if you can find this scale being sold locally go there! I’ve used other scales and this one is still my favorite you can find it by clicking here.
Behind the scenes of Indy Dough growth!
Gah it’s so hard to not just blurt out all my feelings, but I still need to be very vague. I remember one time I was working alongside someone, and I was asked if I ever felt like I suffered from Imposter Syndrome. I don’t know if I ever knew to give those feelings a name. I don’t feel them often when I’m baking because I’m so focused on my tasks at hand that there hasn’t been time for me to overthink my competence. But I will say that this whole process of trying to get a brick and mortar has made me feel like an absolute joke. Usually, it’s at the end of the day where I think if I’m making a huge mistake, should I even try, would people actually support this business or will I put myself in the middle of a terrible financial decision in the midst of a pandemic? But I go to sleep and wake up still taking whatever steps I see to keep moving forward, and I keep thinking of what my 2 year old says throughout his day: “try do again.” While I share pieces of where I’m currently at mentally, I hope that you guys get some encouragement with wherever you’re at in a project to just try do again.
Until the next newsletter!
Amanda