new hours August 28, 2007
time away a few weeks ago gave me time to reflect. on the state of my life and the state of my business. everything with my business is going so well for me; but i have the interesting problem of loving what i’m doing so much, that it doesn’t feel like work to me. so i find that i end up working 10, 12, 14 hours a day…7 days a week. my new initiative is to have more balance- in every area of my life. so i’m going to start with work.
from now on, my official office hours are tuesday through saturday, from 10 to 6. i’m going to try really hard (ie.- force myself) to take sunday and monday off, and use that time to relax, hang out with friends and family, read a book, go to church, go to yoga, walk the dogs, catch up on sleep…whatever. you may still get intermittant blog posts and emails during my ‘off’ days, but i’m really going to try hard to stay away from work-related things during those days.
we’ll see how it goes…i have an inkling that once i get the hang of this ‘free time’ thing, i’m really going to enjoy it- and be more refreshed, relaxed, and well-rounded as a result.
Hooray for work-life balance!
I think it’s really important for people to define their own version of “success” and do what makes them happy. Does this mean now that your friends who also keep irregular hours can bother you about cool local events? Cindy posted about an open house at the City Theatre next Friday that sounds fun.
Good for you! I am trying to do the same.
Yup. We play tug-o-war with the same issue all the time. We step back, get more balance, then get into something exciting and form bad habits again. The freedom to get some control over that = one of the great things about your own biz. Congrats!
I am in your boat! I love, love, love what I do…and what a blessing that is. But those boundries are hard to set. Well, easy to set…hard to keep. Best of luck!
You’ve definitely earned a day off here or there… Stick to it.
thanks for the encouragement guys! week one didnt go so well, as i had a wedding on sunday. (but it was my sisters, so i attended/ shot it). i did spend some great quality time with friends yesterday though.
i’ll get the hang of it yet! (although as i write this, i’m editing photos, and i was supposed to be ‘off work’ three and a half hours ago). bah.
baby steps.