If you thought it was hard to take personal time off as an employee, you might be shocked that it’s even harder to take time off as an entrepreneur. After all, it’s your business, so there is more work than can ever be done even if you worked twenty-four-seven 365 days a year. Keep reading to learn How to Take Time Off as An Entrepreneur.
Knowing that it’s hard to take time off, but if you want to avoid burnout, you need to take personal time off or pay the price mentally and physically. You are probably not going to be surprised that the way you take personal time off as an entrepreneur without worrying is to plan in advance so that you can postpone, automate, and delegate the tasks that need to keep happening even when you’re off the clock.
Plan in Advance
If you really want to learn How to Take Time off as An Entrepreneur, it’s not going to happen without planning for it in advance. You’ll need to prepare not only yourself to rest and relax, but your business to run without you for short periods of time.
The more you set up your business to be hands-off, the more likely you’ll be able to take the time you need without adversely affecting your business. That may include automation, outsourcing, and other technology that makes business and life much more straightforward.
Postpone, automate, or delegate
Everything you do doesn’t have to keep going while you’re on vacation or taking a day off. Some things are helpful, such as checking in on social media with your audience, but they can stop for a while without affecting anything significant.
You can also set up pre-scheduled content to appear in your blog or on social media, even if you’re not really there. The more you have automated, the better because you can keep email marketing, social media marketing, and more while you’re not there, and no one will even notice because of the automation possibilities with technology today.
You can also delegate specific tasks to your virtual assistant or others while you’re gone. For example, you can ask your VA to post or answer more questions in your private group while you’re gone than normal.
Disconnect but Set Realistic Check-in Periods
As a business owner, it may be impossible for you to totally disconnect for weeks at a time, but you can certainly check in fewer times. For example, you can go on a weeklong vacation and agree that you’ll only check your email once every 48 hours, in which case you’ll delegate any fires to your VA.
By setting a realistic check-in period times, you can reduce the stress of the unknown while also enjoying your vacation without checking in during the times you’re disconnected. Turn off your technology from business notifications during the disconnect times and only turn it on during the prescheduled check-in periods.
It can be difficult as an entrepreneur to take personal time off, but if you start now setting up your business to run as much as possible without you using technology and human resources to get things done, you’ll be glad you did. Try taking short times off to start and then work yourself up to taking off a month at a time.
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WHAT IS SELF LOVE–AND WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT FOR CREATIVE WOMEN?
Being a businesswoman isn’t just about being “good at” or “smart about” business.
It’s also about being able to handle your business – and life – and not let the speed bumps you encounter permanently affect you, your business or your idea of who you are.
Because TBH? On the path to running a successful online empire, you’ll encounter lots of snags, slip-ups, hiccups and moments where you’ll want to give up.
That’s where self love comes in.
We get that creative women in particular can be ridiculously hard on themselves.
Have you ever poured your heart into a social media post that literally no one commented on–and assumed it was because your ideas were bad or stupid?
Or helmed a launch that didn’t quite turn out the way you’d planned it in your pretty Day Designer–because clearly you’re just not “cut out for” this?
Yep–we’ve all been there.
The good news? The more you truly love yourself, the better you’ll be able to navigate these tricky (and unavoidable) situations–and the faster you’ll be able to pick yourself up, dust off your Lululemons & get back to doing the good work you do in the world.
No matter what’s going on “on the outside” – whether it’s a client who refuses to pay on time or a program launch that totally flops – real self love will help you navigate anything our crazy world throws your way with (way) more ease, grace and resilience.
Bonus? When you learn to love yourself, you’ll also have more love to extend to others – including your friends, family and–of course–lovely paying clients.
