Episode 11 - My New Online Shop
I started an online shop!!! On this episode, I share about my new online art and sticker shop – Broke PhD Podcast Shop!
Please check out the Broke PhD Podcast Shop [Opening May 6, 2024]: brokephdpodcast.shop
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Here is a transcription of Episode 11:
0:17: Hello and welcome to the Broke PhD Podcast! I'm your host Dr. G!
0:24: On this episode of Broke PhD Podcast, I talk about my new shop that'll be opening on May 6, 2024. It'll be called - Broke PhD Podcast Shop and the website is – brokephdpodcast.shop.
0:39: So for the last eight months I've been working behind the scenes setting up my new online shop. And it's a art and sticker shop, so I primarily will be selling stickers, die cut stickers, and eventually we'll be selling sticker sheets as well as art prints. During my PhD program, I felt very stifled by academia. There was a process and a procedure for everything, especially when doing research, which is important because you want to make sure that you're methodical and that everything is being conducted as it should be. But being engulfed in the world of academia was very stifling for me as a creative by nature. And so after my PhD I was feeling burn out and I really wanted to have an outlet that would allow me to tap into my creative side. And it sparked the idea of opening up my own online shop.
1:33: So the shop again will be opening up May 6, 2024, and the website for the shop will be – brokephdpodcast.shop. So very similar to my podcast and my universal website but instead of
-.com, it's -.shop. I am super excited to share my artwork and my creativity with you all, and I hope you all enjoy it. I'm gonna have a variety of different collections on the shop. All of the collections are comprised of different things that inspired me or motivated me or pushed me through my PhD Program or that acted as a reward at the end of my program or a reward throughout my program. So I really wanted to create stickers and art that I hope others will enjoy that also was meaningful for me as they were inspired by things that kept me going throughout my PhD program.
2:28: So to give additional insight, one of my collections is called the Boba Collection and if you do not know what boba is, it is a milk tea drink that originated from Taiwan that typically has tapioca pearls in it. And I am a boba lover! I love boba and throughout my program it definitely kept me motivated and kept me going. Especially, when I had to push through and write those long papers, and specifically, when I had to write my dissertation, having boba be a reward was a great thing that worked for me, so I highly recommend that. But in my shop I will have a boba collection that's going to be featuring stickers and art prints that are inspired by boba.
3:10: I hope you, the listeners or anybody that you share the shop website with enjoy the art I create and enjoy the stickers and the art prints that I create. Eventually, I do want to evolve the shop and add more items to sell at the shop, but I wanted to start small and start with some manageable pieces and then hopefully continue to grow from there.
3:31: So I'm super excited for my shop to open and I hope y'all can support me. And even if you don't buy anything, please just share it with anyone and everyone you know.
3:42: So these last eight months I've mainly been working on setting up my online shop. Getting the website together. Getting the inventory together for the items that I'm planning on selling. I've been behind the scenes working away and just trying to set everything up for the shop. I'm super excited to finally share this announcement with everyone and to open it up to the world. I'm also nervous, but me feeling nervous just means I care and so I’m excited to step into this new endeavor that is brand new for me and you, the listeners, I highly encourage you to step outside of your box and to try something new if you're able to. We only get one life to live and so I didn't want to miss this opportunity and to look back and regret not trying something and not putting myself out there and seeing what happens.
4:34: So thank you for listening. I hope you've enjoyed this episode and if you are interested in learning more, please feel free to check out the podcast website - brokephdpodcast.com or follow on any of the social medias at - @brokephdpodcast. Also, again to highlight, I'm opening the Broke PhD Podcast Shop on May 6th, 2024 and the website for the shop will be – brokephdpodcast.shop. Thank you again for listening and I hope you have a wonderful day!