INTERESTING PEOPLE INTERVIEW
Meet: Kristi & Joanna from Torquere Press, LLC
What are your 2 favorite careers?
Well, publishing of course would be both of
our number one favorite careers! In past careers we have both learned necessary
people skills, customer service, marketing abilities and many other invaluable
roles. I, Kristi, have been running Torquere for four years so becoming the
owner really wasn’t a huge change. The biggest change was the ability to change
things I needed to work on to build the business even further.
What is the hardest thing you ever had to do?
What is the hardest thing you ever had to do?
Kristi
– Well isn’t this an interesting
question. ;) The hardest thing that I have ever had to do was learn to balance
my natural workaholic personality with family life. I am the type of person that
if I am awake I am working, which can be tough on family in general, so
learning to make myself walk away and take time was a very challenging thing
for me.
Joanna
- The hardest thing that I ever
had to do was bounce back from losing my fiancée when I was 20 years old due to
a tragic car accident. I had to bring myself back from a very dark place and
continue going forward in life towards my goals, being successful and happy
despite having struggles against me.
Favorite music, song or band
Favorite music, song or band
Kristi
– I love music of almost all
genres. I found myself just yesterday saying I must be old because I can’t
stand the music my teenage daughter listens to. I can be found listening to
anything from country to heavy metal. A lot of it depends on my mood or what I
am doing. I use music to motive, alter my moods or just for enjoyment.
Joanna
– I am a musician at heart. I
sing, play guitar and keyboard as well
love music in general. I can be found listening to current hits as well
as unknown artists that I found in a dark corner of YouTube. I equate pretty
much everything throughout the day to music in one form or another.
Are you usually late, early or right on
time?
Kristi – I am very anal about being early or on time to
everything, although I am a very well known hater of mornings. I tend to be a
night owl so early morning appointments find me dragging my butt out of bed
forcefully. But being early to appointments keeps my OCD from getting going.
Joanna – I am usually early to everything. I was raised in a
family of business owners and taught the importance of being on time which
meant at least 15 minutes early. I can’t stand to be late it makes my skin
crawl.
Are you happy with your life for the most part right now?
Are you happy with your life for the most part right now?
Kristi – I couldn’t be happier with my life right now. I am
running an amazing publishing company adding romance and sexy spice to the
world. Engaged to my amazing partner in life and business, while raising our
kids and taking care of our dogs.
Joanna – Absolutely! I am happier now than I have ever been. I
am in happy stable relationship, a new growing family, a supportive partner and
am finally able to pursue my entrepreneurial desires with Torquere Press head
on.
If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
Kristi – If I could choose anywhere in the world to visit it
would be Romania Romania Ireland
Joanna – Anywhere in the world? Well right now to the Ed
Sheeran concert I have been fighting to find tickets to. Ireland would be my first choice, then Spain or Rome
What do you think would be the hardest thing for you to give up on?
Kristi – Well, this depends if you mean give up or give up
on.
The hardest thing for me to give up on would be my children. It would take
something very huge and serious for me not to always be at their side ready to
help them. Secondly I would never give up on my business, Torquere Press, this
has been my heart and soul for years and now having ownership just makes it
that much more important.
Joanna – Love, passion, family, music, books and life.
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