Hey there, welcome to Side Us All School. Thanks for tuning in today. My name is Chris

Gilebo, and just as we start today's episode, I do want to give you a sensitivity warning.

The update from our listener that you're going to hear contains a reference to self-harm

a tragedy in fact. Now obviously there's much more to the story after that, but I just

wanted to note it here in case anyone prefers to skip it. All right. Today's episode

is part of a new feature we're doing in 2022 called Your First Thousand Dollars. As you

might surmise from the title, it's all about how someone made their first thousand dollars.

How do they get to that point? Not their first hundred thousand dollars, which is awesome,

but also probably a long story. So we're going to look at how somebody got started. It's

been a wonderful feature to work on this year, and with that in mind, today's feature

comes from Christy Tharp in Des Moines, Iowa. Christy is the owner of an Etsy shop called

the Blue Breakfront, which initially began out of a family tragedy. Christy has gone

on from that to build it into a steady source of income, and also, this is kind of my interpretation

here, so I'm adding it, but also a well-deserved source of pride and self-confidence. Again,

that's for me, but however you look at it, it's a beautiful business. But what about

her first thousand dollars? How did she make it happen? What did it feel like and what

did she learn? So let's hear it from Christy. I'll come back at the end with a quick wrap-up.

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