The First Order

A fictional story for reflection.

Alana spent months preparing to sell her handmade journals. She adjusted the covers, rewrote the captions and waited until everything looked right.

Finally, she posted three journals.

Only one sold.

She packed it carefully, wrote a thank-you note and took a photograph before sending it off. For the first time, she had a customer instead of another unfinished plan.

One order did not build a business. It gave her something real to learn from, and a reason to make the next three.