[Jewelry making - Article 00519] - [Orchid] Studio Working hours question

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Help!

    i have been in the jewelry industry for 20 years since the age of 14
    and all i dreamed of was to have my own studio and design jewelry
    for the retail public. well after working my <snip>.. off for the
    past 15 years i got my dream only one problem.  to much business. i
    spend 8 eight a day talking with 10 to 20 clients about repairs,
    redesinging, ect. they all place an order or leave a repair.  but the
    only problem is i can work durning the light hours. 

    my days are composed of taking my 3 kids to school then going to all
    the suppliers and dealers to get parts. then i open my studio at
    10:30 the door never stops opening and the phone will not stop.  ( i
    know some of you are saying wa wa so your have a little too much
    business) i usally leav at 6:00 to go home eat dinner as a family,
    read books to my kids and put them to be (which i feel is very
    important to them ) after that i do what my wife calls temporary
    dropping dead for 10 minutes. then after i am revived with "dont you
    have to go back tonight" i some how manage to get back into my car
    and drive to the studio and work from 8:30 to 1:00 at night. thank
    god for Ambien. 

    i have a couple of ideas please help me chose one. here are my
    current hours. 

    tuesday - wednesday - friday 10:30 - 5:00
    thursday 2:00 - 8:00
    saturday 11:30 - 4:00

    closed sunday and monday 

    monday i work from 7:30 am to 6:00 then  8:30 to 1:30  thats my
    short day. 

    thought#1    
    close on sunday monday and tuesday 

    thought#2
    all normal hours except my wife would come in on tuesday and wait on
    all the repair customers and tell the custom customers they need and
    appointment. 

    thought#3 
    do appointment only on tuesday 

    thought#4 
    close my store move to Jamaca and goto work for someone else for 1/4
    the salary i make now. 

    most people tell me hire another jeweler or farm out your setting
    and wax carving. i do farm out my casting, but i have never had any
    consitancy with diamond setters, or wax carvers, and besides the
    reason i got into this business is because DA i love making jewelry,
    not spending 8 hours getting "brain drain" from the customers, you
    all know what i am talking about. 

Matthew Gross
mhgjewelry.com

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