Planet Angel - Live an Ordinary Life in an Extraordinary Way

Well it’s been ages since I blogged, we’ve just been so busy! On top of Planet Angel I’m also working a couple of days a week in town and Pete is taking on the odd bit of contract work…

Working outside of Planet Angel for the first time in 5 years was a complete culture shock at first, then it was pretty nerve wracking, then bloody tiring, and now I think it’s helping on lots of levels… it’s eased up our personal finances a bit, but interestingly it’s also eased some of the worry that if we didn’t stay focused hard on Planet Angel all the time that we’d ‘lose it’ and it would all fall apart. I’m pleased to report the reverse is true!  I’m not as on-top of the workload as I used to be, and we’re both working weekends to stay on top of it, but apart from being quite tired it feels good… like this new injection of energy could make a huge positive difference to what happens next.  It’s also really interesting to play a part in how other peoples businesses operate, it’s a great yardstick, great learning experience and enforces the benefits of what we do and why we do it.

I won’t lie to you, it’s really hard work at the moment, in fact it reminds me of the first couple of years when all we did was work and sleep, but somehow this time around it feels different… we feel more prepared for it, we feel more experienced, and we feel like we’ve got more support – real support, the kind of support that’s prepared pull up it’s sleeves, get it’s hands dirty and take the rough with the smooth.  That feels great!

With Planet Angel we feel we’re really on track: expanding from just running the Party every month to putting on extra quality events in other areas such as ROCKS!, the corporate event we managed in September, and of course New Year’s Eve!…   Some of the things we’re doing work really well and some of them need tweaking, but this is all part of stepping outside the comfort zone right? We’re also learning a lot about catering so that we have our own means to lay on proper food at the events we hold, the first was at ROCKS! and the second will be at New Year’s Eve… the value of being able to do this ourselves cannot be underestimated and it’s something we’ve wanted to do for a long time.
I’m pleased we’re trying and I’m pleased we’re progressing, we need to ‘push the boat’ a bit if we are going to take Planet Angel to the next level and make sure it’s around for all of us in years to come.

We think the Party is really rocking and with the help of everyone’s feedback we’re managing to keep making enough regular little improvements to the way things work each month to not have a whole load of problems bunch up that need solutions… A much better strategy!

By the way, with all the new projects kicking off we thought we’d explain how people get to head up new projects… (like Ali & G – website, Sam – shop, Becky - NYE & Don - Planet Angel Kitchen…).  Basically people have always put themselves forward… they’ve let us know they are, a) motivated to do it, b) have the skills to do it, and c) have the time to do it.  Thought it might be worth pointing that out – if you’re interested in taking something forward and you’ve considered the above, feel free to get in contact. To be clear though, we will not let someone manage a project if we don’t feel they can make a really good job of it …

This is a really exciting time for Planet Angel. Although most of it’s still going on in the background - a lot of the things we’ve been talking about doing are beginning to happen, some of them we’ve been quietly planning and preparing for nearly 3 years and it feels great to be starting them!  They are all projects that can be put together to make a much more solid whole… They’re going to re-define Planet Angel.

I dunno where to end this Blog really, just thought it was time to do one…   lots of love to you and thanks for reading!