04/04/2022
This week I'm on a big fat lovely vacation with my family. I'd originally planned all my blog, podcast, and social media content to continue without a hiccup. It's the beauty of scheduling tools, right?!
Once upon a time, I would've done exactly that. 🏰
I would've pretended that everything was continuing as normal even as I juggled my 4 kids or a vacation or a funeral (true story). 🥀
And then my followers would be wondering why I wasn't responding to DM's, and my clients would be wondering why it was taking me longer than usual to respond to emails. And I wouldn't really be taking a vacation.
Nowadays, I don't hide that I'm a mom first and a business owner second. 👪
I create systems and hire team members to support me. I build my business with a structure in place that allows me to take time off for playdates, field trips, and vacations. I set expectations with my clients.
Because I didn't do that once upon that faraway time.
And it was like building a cage to escape my 9-5 corporate cage. Only this time all of the responsibility was on my shoulders, too.
I've learned how to share the load so that my marketing clients are supported without me needing to sacrifice my sanity or freedom or this precious time with my kids.
So for this week, I'll be all up in your business sharing this vacation magic to my Instagram stories—how amazing it is to relax and spend Spring Break with my kids at the beach.
But I'm not going to be posting business things on my feed, my out of office autoresponder in my email is on, I'm not hopping on calls, and I'm not going to be answering many DM's.
See you all next week, sans sunburn I hope! 🌞