Like any home-based business, a photography business can be extremely time consuming. I claim to be a “stay-at-home-mom” even though between the playing, feeding, bathing and cleaning I am photographing, editing, marketing, print ordering, website updating, blogging and emailing. While staying at home, I am actually working 40+ hours a week. Sometimes I am up half the night and sometimes I have to multitask with 3-4 things at a time all-day long to get things done. It can be exhausting.
2014 is already steadily booked through summer and I knew something had to change to be the mom I want to be and still be able to have a growing business. I started contemplating how I was going to balance photography and motherhood and I decided that it’s all about scheduling.
We cannot always control when we work, but we can control when we don’t work. Tuesday night I went to bed without my laptop on my lap for the first time in a really long time. I spent yesterday from 7:00 AM-5:00 PM totally off my computer. I didn’t even touch it. I played with Brody all day long, cleaned every room in the house, got dressed and pretty, ran errands and relaxed. It felt so refreshing.
I had something else planned for PhotogBlog Thursday, but I think the most beneficial PhotogBlog for any parent or future parent is this: SCHEDULE.
Schedule your blogs and your Facebook posts. Schedule your dinners. Schedule your days off. Schedule your shoot days. Schedule your edit days. Schedule your time with your family. Schedule your time away from your phone and computer. Schedule time with friends. Schedule date nights. Schedule grocery runs, errand days and cleaning days. Schedule, schedule, schedule.
We may not have 9-5 jobs but we can create a schedule so our business doesn’t consume our entire existence.
Kylee started Kylee Ann Photography 9 years ago, and has since grown from a one woman amateur show to a full associate team. We shoot 50-75 weddings a year, and thrive on kindness and service. After a year of teaching Intro to Photography at the local technical college, she discovered that helping other entrepreneurs create thriving businesses is what fires her up! She hosts semi-annual Kylee Ann Sleepovers all over the US, speak at conferences and teach online courses about running a small business and marketing.
February 11, 2016
Kylee Maughan
