Sugar Does The Impossible While Snacking On These Sweet Potato Cranberry Pupcakes

What happens when another pup takes the wind out of your sails?

When all of your enthusiasm about a project is met with a…”meh?”  Or, your vision for your new endeavor gets lost in the perception based on what every other pup is doing. 

Let me explain.  Remember when I shared that I was the first pup to share her pupcake recipes online.  It was definitely met with a lot of resistance from other pup bakers.  However, after my Pupcake Sugar website was a success, a lot of other pup bakers in my community decided to build their presence online as well.

It was great seeing the new-found success that other pup bakers were having.  I marveled at the fact that pups had started to nickname Philadelphia, “Pupcake-adelphia.”  The pupcake bakers in the community even started getting together for pup brainstorming sessions to help us all improve our online paw prints.

In fact, we pup bakers had all been so successful online, I thought it would be cool to take it a step further.

Since the Pupcake Sugar online experience was launched, I’d gotten so many messages from pups across the country asking if they could purchase my pupcakes online.  They loved reading the stories and testing out the recipes.  However, they also wanted to taste some of those pupcake specialties that are only offered at the real Pupcake Sugar.

I was flattered by the interest.  But, due to time and resources, I refused to sell my pupcakes online.  It was just too much at the time.

After about a year of steady Pupcake Sugar online growth, I decided that now was the time to put a plan together to sell my pupcakes online.  It was an awesome idea and a great way to help pups who can’t make it to Pupcake Sugar get the actual experience in their own home.

I spent months putting a plan together.  I worked out everything from the pupcake packaging to shipping to the costs associated with purchase.  I determined how many orders I could actually fill, and strategized a marketing campaign around that. 

Let’s be real.  There’s only so many shipping orders Pupcake Sugar can handle right now.  And, I want to make sure every pup who purchases online to have an awesome experience.  I even managed to build a contingency plan in case the Pup Office wasn’t able to ship my orders.

As I shared my idea at our pup bakers brainstorming session, I was surprised when I was met with unenthused stares and confusion.  Not to mention the ruffs and snickers some pups gave me under their dog breath.  One pup barked out loud…

“That’s great, but it’ll never work.  It’s too expensive and it’ll be impossible for you to manage.”

I felt completely deflated.  All my hard work seemed like a waist.  I mean, what’s the point of trying if every other pup thinks it’ll never work.  I began to think they were right.  And my pup mind started spinning with thoughts that this was impossible and will probably be a complete waste of my time.

So, I did the one thing I do whenever I need to rethink every decision.  I went home and took a nap.

Afterwards, my pup brain was a little clearer.  I thought to myself, “When have I ever let another pup tell me what’s impossible?”  And, “Those pups are just projecting their own fears about their business on to me.”  Plus, in the words of Walt Disney…

And, that’s what I decided to do.  I was going to move forward with my plan.  If it worked, I’d proven to myself, and other pups, that the impossible can be done.  If it didn’t work, all I’d have to do is revamp, revise and develop a new strategy for Pupcake Sugar based on what I’ve learned.

So, back to my original question.  What do you do when some pup takes the wind out of your sails?  Take a nap.  Get up.  Remind yourself of how amazing you are and why you started.  Then, have fun achieving the “impossible.”

These Sweet Potato and Cranberry Pupcakes are dedicated taking on the “impossible” despite what the world tells you.

And of course, we believe that every pupcake has a love story.  So, while your favorite pup is PUPPY LOVIN’ on these pupcakes, we’d love to hear from you.

Have you ever achieved the “impossible?”  How did it make you feel?  Or, what “impossible task would you like to achieve next?

Please share your pupcake story in the box below.