Okay, so, when I first started this cake decorating thing (okay, addiction, I know) I was so excited to show everyone with no intention of it turning into anything. Now I have orders coming out of my ears. I did 11 cakes in October alone. I feel scared that I won't be able to live up to everyone's expectations. Will my quality stay up? Can I price my cakes adequately? Can I get legal? Can I handle the volume of business?
With the holidays coming up I'm excited, but scared. Everyone that I know already knows that I bake like crazy for the holidays and they are already pre-booking me for orders.
Am I afraid of success or failure?
I am in the exact situation as you. I get cake orders right and left (had no intention of turning this into anything) and am already booked through November. The thing I am MOST afriad of is getting caught as I am not legal as well. I live in a small town and nobody around makes the style cakes I do or works much with fondant.
Yep. I'm in the same boat. I don't have orders coming out of my ears, but more than I expected. And with my part time job (which I have to keep for at least 2 more years) and 2 kids and teaching at the dojo, I'm swamped. So I can't tell if I'm afraid of success or failure. I'm self taught, no formal training, so I could easily screw up sometime soon.
I figured 2 yrs would give me time to practice and build up slowly, but I'm starting to wonder. I'm definitely not complaining, but I have more orders than I ever figured on.
Fear of success? Fear of Failure? Both can be pretty scary. To me it sounds more like fear of success. What if you get to many orders you cannot keep up. What if you accept to many orders you get to tired. I think it is wonderful that you are so busy with orders. I moved to a small town where I do not know many people. I am slowly getting orders, but have not had the success that anyone here is talking about. Just remember to pace yourself and say no if you are already booked.
your cakes are great my vote is fear of sucess. keep going they are great good luck.
YES!!!!!!! I am constantly wondering if this is the one that will be a flop! Will they like it, will they call for more, will they say "this one isn't like the last one, what happened to this cake lady!" I love getting the orders and the rush of it but I sometimes have nightmares abaout my cakes turning out bad and having phone calls aout it. SERIOUSLY!!!! This is not fear of success, this is freaking out!
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