Side Hustle Shuffle: Recent Episodes
Steven Ricks, Rebecca Ricks, and Ellen Ward
Side Hustle Shuffle is a podcast about three friends and their small businesses. We’re the owners of Steven Ricks Guitars, RRQuilts, and Inward Fire Yoga, and we each run our businesses while also raising kids and holding day jobs.
Steven Ricks's Steven Ricks Guitars Update
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Finished last rebuild before surgery at the end of last month
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Planned for April to be a month to catch up on administrative stuff/cleaning shop/winding down
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Custom brought a Martin D-28 Marquis for refret and a Deering 6-string banjo for setup work
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Now he wants me to work on a bunch of other guitars
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good, but I need to set expectations
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Did taxes as a business owner for the first time
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Unlike last year's debacle, we've already received our return
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Coming up in May
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Coworker wants me to do some small work on his guitar
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Potential customer with vintage Martin "collapsing in front of the bridge"
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Clean up shop
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Heart surgery update
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Surgery is scheduled for July 29th
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Still have to decide which type of replacement valve I want (leaning towards mechanical if the valve-sparing procedure doesn't work out)
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Not planning to take on any new jobs in July (and only small stuff until then)
Ellen Ward's Inward Fire Yoga Update
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April was slow
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Yoga business is about to become really slow for the summer while Ellen covers extra parenting duties (her husband works at a summer camp).
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Hit 500 followers on Instagram in April!
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upcoming YouTube video to celebrate
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Got a question in the comments section of a YouTube video which was cool
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Still teaching live
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will have more time for it after son's teeball season ends
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Finished digital marketing class
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We're all missing out on opportunities on Pinterest
Rebecca Ricks's RRQuilts Update
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Launched her first pattern on April 27th!
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available at rrquilts.com
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already received really good feedback from someone who bought it
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Got EIN and business bank account
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Set up her Squarespace shop
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Still working on the "Secret Sewing" pattern for a publication next year
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might be able to share more details at the end of the summer
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Selected for a collaboration on a free sampler quilt
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will help to meet some other designers
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Goals for May
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do more with Pinterest
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improve website SEO
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don't take on anything else until after Steven's surgery
The Manifesto for Agile Software Development:
https://agilemanifesto.org
4 Main points:
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Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
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Working software over comprehensive documentation
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Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
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Responding to change over following a plan
For the rest of Steven’s agile notes, click here.
What was going to be one of our shortest episodes turned into a slightly disorganized discussion of craft/skill/vocational communities and sources of knowledge within our skill sets.
This time we just have some quick updates, but the next two episodes are going to be a lot of fun. 1) Making our businesses official and 2) setting goals for the (school) year.
We discuss some project management methods including Steven and Rebecca's "Famban" method.
We recorded this on Mother's Day, so we decided to make it a short episode and just do our updates. Happy Mother's Day to Rebecca and Ellen and all of you mother's listening out there!
At 4:45, Ellen mentions a harp in a tree (more by that artist)
At 23:00, Steven starts explaining the Harmony rebuilds that he works on.
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28:25 Ellen mentions the Millions Room
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See our Instagram for pictures of everything we poorly try to explain during this section.
Podcasts we recommend at the end:
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Ologies with Alie Ward
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You’re Wrong About
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History of English
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Email us at podcast@stevenricksguitars.com, or find us on Instagram or our website.
Your hosts:
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Steven Ricks (Steven Ricks Guitars)
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Rebecca Ricks (RRQuilts)
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Ellen Ward (Inward Fire Yoga)
Full show notes available here.
Get in touch with Steven Ricks Guitars on Instagram, Facebook, or email him at steven@stevenricksguitars.com.
Get in touch with Rebecca (RRQuilts) on Instagram.
Get in touch with Ellen (Inward Fire Yoga) on Instagram.
Email us at podcast@stevenricksguitars.com.
Your hosts:
-
Steven Ricks (Steven Ricks Guitars)
-
Rebecca Ricks (RRQuilts)
-
Ellen Ward (Inward Fire Yoga)
Full show notes available here.
Get in touch with Steven Ricks Guitars on Instagram, Facebook, or email him at steven@stevenricksguitars.com.
Get in touch with Rebecca (RRQuilts) on Instagram.
Get in touch with Ellen (Inward Fire Yoga) on Instagram.