2018 has been a dozy of a year for me. From some serious highs to some even lower lows, the year has been one for the record books. And through it all I found myself to have fallen out of love with Oh, Hello. That truth made me miserable. Alex and I have worked tirelessly for over four years to craft our business and I just felt…exhausted. I started to question why I was even bothering. Things got pretty bleak there for a while, but luckily this is a happy story.
I went through a lot of personal mental health stuff in 2018. I want to dive into it in more detail later (because I think mental health deserves to be talked about no matter how good or bad), but it’s not really the point of this story and it always has a way of overshadowing things anyway. Luckily I found solutions and the help that I needed so that as we entered autumn, I had a new positive outlook on things. It wasn’t all doom and gloom. I had help both literally and metaphorically and I could finally breathe. I was ready to fall back in love with my business.
Alex and I have talked about doing a subscription box for years. It always felt too risky, too much work when we already felt drawn thin. But one morning I woke up and it felt like time. And then I didn’t sleep. For weeks. Every time I’d try a another idea would pop into my head, another box theme, another product. The idea storm became so bad that I sometimes crept into our guestroom to work in the middle of the night to let Alex sleep. I felt alive and invigorated for the first time since 2014 when I had the idea to start Oh, Hello.
The Oh, Hello Box was born. A box dedicated to self care, self love, and some fun thrown in. With so many subscription boxes out there I didn’t want to just add to the noise. I wanted to create something simple, beautiful, and packed to the brim with high-quality products. Over $100 in lifestyle and planning items every month for under $50.
I haven’t felt this passionate about my business since its creation and I’m loving every thrilling and terrifying second of it. The first box launches on January 5th, and if you’d like to get more updates about the box there’s a newsletter you can sign up to.
I cannot wait to continue to share my business journey with you as well as box themes and products. It’s going to be an amazing start to a new year.
