Entrepreneurs Get Holiday, Too

3 Tips for Enjoying Your Holiday Season

Listen, we get it better than most: Being an entrepreneur isn’t a 9 to 5, Monday to Friday job. Building your own practice from the ground up takes attention far beyond 40 hours a week, especially as you strive to balance your growing caseload and keep up with your marketing efforts in the middle of a pandemic. 

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Entrepreneurs deserve to savor the slow down of the holiday season, too. You deserve to participate in the festivities with your children or kick your feet up on the ottoman with a hot cocoa in hand and Home Alone on the TV. 

Your mind might be going 100 miles a minute, racing with anxious thoughts, like: “What are you thinking?! There’s no way I’ll have time for that this holiday season!” Or “I can’t possibly do something good for myself; my caseload is overflowing.”

Well, we’re here to tell you that you not only can enjoy your holiday season, but you must. In order to avoid burnout, it’s imperative to take time for yourself and do the things you love.

Outsource at least one task that drains you.

Pinpoint the exact task that you dread sitting down to your computer to check off your to-list and then find a professional that not only enjoys doing it, but can help enhance your business with their expertise. Perhaps you can’t stand doing your own social media… Outsource it to someone who can and has the tools for your audience growth! Maybe you roll your eyes at the mere thought of writing your blog posts… Hire a professional writer who can up your SEO game and generate more web traffic through providing consistent blog content.

Schedule time for holiday cheer.

Create physical events in your calendar for time to participate in your favorite holiday traditions or just do a whole lot of nothing. Studies show that downtime replenishes the brain’s attention span, encourages productivity and creativity, and increases your performance (See: Scientific American), but we often need a little nudge to help us do that, especially in today’s modern working world.

Try to avoid talking about your stress too much.

Even if you start feeling stressed about how much work is waiting for you in your office, acknowledge the emotion and move on. Don’t give your stress the satisfaction of impeding on precious time with your family or your holiday coziness, and remind yourself that you are in control. This is your dream practice; you call the shots, and you decide at what rate you grow your business and when. 

Above all else, remember that we are here to help you. We are your biggest fans, and we want nothing more than for you to make time for the things you love. Schedule a phone consultation with us today, and let’s chat about how you, too, can enjoy your holiday season.