When you are starting a business, it becomes your baby. You think about it 24/7, you prioritize it over other things and you love every minute of it! It truly becomes your passion. But when you prioritize so much time and energy into one thing, you are taking that time and energy away from something else.
Your personal life may start to suffer, your relationships make be impacted because you are not spending the required quality time it takes to nurture them. You may even start seeing an impact on your health; physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
How do you prioritize what truly matters? Codi Lynn of the blog Creative Wife and Joyful Worker shares what she has learned through her journey to creating business. In fact, how best to prioritize her time has been her biggest learning.
At the beginning, like so many of us, she was giving her all to this new passion project she created, but she wasn’t making any money. There wasn’t a proper balance. Fortunately, she had her husband there to remind her that she needed to shut work off and find more balance. I think we all need someone like this in our lives to give us this reminder!
She focuses on time management – being intentional with how she is spending every minute of the day. She has found that on days where she has limited chunks of time to get things done, those are the days where she gets more completed!
I’ve found this as well. If I know I have the full day to work through my to-do list, I tend to take my time or allow myself to get distracted. However, when I set 1 hr to complete a task and I know I don’t have any more time than that I always get it done in time. This also removes the opportunity for my finger to find the Instagram app and get lost scrolling.
She has also learned to say no. She realized she did not have to say yes to every opportunity and determined that her time was best spent on the opportunities that created long lasting relationships rather than one off partnerships. I couldn’t agree with this more – it is okay to be selective with whom and how you spend your time. Quality of quantity is key!
Want to hear more? Grab yourself a cup of organic tea and get comfy as she has lots of advice to share! I definitely learned some great tips I plan to apply in my life and hope you can do!
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IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN:
- Her journey to creating Creative Wife and Joyful Worker
- What she struggled with most starting her business and how she overcame it
- Her biggest learning has been throughout the journey of creating her blog
- What she would do differently knowing what she knows now
- How she juggles the responsibilities of a thriving blog and now a new podcast with raising children
- What a typical day look like for her
- Organizing hacks or tips she has to tackle all her daily tasks and be present for her children
- If she has ever struggled with practicing self-care or self-love
- What her practice of self-care and self-love look like
- Something that motherhood has taught her that she didn’t know about herself
- An unexpected thing about parenting she wishes she knew before having kids
- Any final tips or advice she has for women juggling a career and raising a family to avoid burnout
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Want to know more about Codi Lynn and Creative Wife and Joyful Worker? Here is where you can connect with her:
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