The One Rule This Work-From-Home Mama Never Breaks
There are so many rules when you own a business. As an entrepreneur one has to which rules you can bend, and which you can break.
In my business, there is only one rule that I NEVER BREAK.
My family always comes first.
Period. With no exceptions.
I'm very upfront about this with my clients. I don't hide the fact that I'm a work-from-home mom. And I only work with clients who understand that sometimes a call may need to be rescheduled because of a sick kiddo or that my days end at 3 pm because I have to pick my daughter up from school.
In fact, I mention these things right up front in my proposal.
My family is a non-negotiable with my business. I don't hide that.
While my daughter Roxy's school was closed last year, that meant that there was a bouncy and curious 3-year-old who often popped in to say hello on Zoom calls and that I took mornings off to be with her.
I'm beyond proud that I have a business that lets me have freedom like that.
But it wasn't always that way. When I first found out I was pregnant, I was terrified that my clients would think my work would suffer because I would have a baby home with me. So I kept my pregnancy quiet.
I cheated myself out of the joy that comes from sharing the news far and wide. I didn't get to post my sonogram or my maternity photos. Most people didn't even know I had my daughter until well after she was born.
I hadn't set my business up, and I didn't have the right clients so that I could be the mom I always wanted to be AND be a Cashed-Up Momboss.
Then one day I decided to change that.
I set the boundaries I needed in writing.
I fired the clients who wouldn't stick to those boundaries.
I stopped offering services that had constant fire drills and emergencies and started focusing on building Squarespace Websites.
I became happier than ever to run my business.
Now you may ask, why Squarespace web design.
Because I love building, designing, and having something to show for it at the end of the day. I get to point to a new site I’ve launched and say, “See that. I made that.” It’s a great feeling.
There are almost no web design emergencies that can’t wait until business hours or at least until after bedtime.
I could charge a higher price point for a service like web design.
However, I don’t want you to think that I just magically was instantly good at web design. I wasn’t. When I look back at the first websites that I built, I cringe. There was definitely a learning curve. There was a lot of Googling and Youtubing. And dear God! So much trial and error, and so many costly mistakes.
But that is why I created The Gutsy Mama Project...so that moms like you could skip the mistakes, the googling, the random youtubing, and build a money-making Squarespace Design Business FAST.
Seriously, Squarespace changed my life. Maybe it can do the same for you.
Click here to check out The Gutsy Mama Project.
