06/05/2021
Being a solopreneur, building up, running and expanding your business by yourself can be stressful, taxing, and incredibly overwhelming. When on top you are dealing with your SM marketing as well, you need to navigate your relationship with social media and your mental health.
Easier said than done?
Try to incorporate some of the following tips in your daily routine:
#1: ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ ɪɴ ᴄʜᴇᴄᴋ ʙʏ ꜱᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ʙᴏᴜɴᴅᴀʀɪᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴀᴋɪɴɢ ʀᴇɢᴜʟᴀʀ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋꜱ.
Schedule your time between work and real-life, and then actually COMIT to those boundaries and schedules.
It can be anything from responding to DMs only in a 40-min time block or allocating time for a daily walk or workout to loging off every day at a certain time.
CONSISTENCY is key.
#2: ᴅᴀɪʟʏ ᴅɪɢɪᴛᴀʟ ᴅᴇᴛᴏx
Spend time focused on something else that doesn’t include scrolling: e.g. go on your daily walk without your phone. I recently discovered embroidery thanks to Our Happy Place and I try to set 15’ a day to work on it.
#3: ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀꜱ
As a one-person show, it serves you no purpose to compare yourself to a business that has a social media team, resources, and tools that you simply don’t have.
Set your own expectations and be proud of what you’ve accomplished.
Give yourself credit, where credit is due. Be proud of the work that you’re doing! This is the hardest for me, but I’m on it.
#4: ꜰɪɴᴅ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴍɪɴᴜᴛᴇꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴄʜɪʟʟ
Mental health apps are really helpful, relaxing, reducing anxiety, making you mindful of your surroundings, keeping you calm and focused.
You can listen to them in the background during your morning routine, or where you need complete concentration. When I participate with client accounts in online challenges, I always put on my noise-cancelling headphones with my special Spotify playlist or click on the Calm app.
#5: ɢᴇᴛ ꜰʀᴇꜱʜ ᴀɪʀ
Understand the importance of fresh air. Combat the endless Zoom meetings or staring at your screens, try ‘no desk meetings’ that require you to get outside. I usually take my dog for a walk in the nearby forest.
𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒐 YOU 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒂 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂?