Make Work-Life Balance a Priority Over The Holidays

Christmas is my favourite time of the year.  Cooking, baking and wrapping presents with my family are experiences I will remember forever.  But as an entrepreneur, a wife and a mom, I sometimes don’t feel like I have enough hours in the day.  Now that my kids are home from school for the holidays it really becomes a balancing act of priorities.

Business owners all across the country struggle with the juggling act every day.  But I’ve started to look at things from a different perspective lately.  I used to get stressed out easily trying to be too many things to too many people.  Then I suddenly had a “light bulb moment” and realized that I was trying to please everyone else, but I was miserable.  I started to take stock of the things that were absolute priorities in my life.  I did some de-cluttering of my life and really made a conscious effort to focus on only the things that were really important to me.

For me that means raising my children the best that I can, loving my husband just the way he is, growing my business through dedicated daily effort, surrounding myself with people who are loving and supportive, and being the best friend I can be to the people who genuinely mean the most to me.

So, as you can see my business is a major priority for me.  But it’s not my only priority.  As we soon head into the New Year I have a clearer focus on my future now that I have gotten rid of the clutter.  I have discovered that when I make myself happy, I am less stressed out which in turn make the other people around me happy.  As an entrepreneur you never stop thinking about your business but over the next few days, take the time to put business thoughts aside for a while and really focus on the people in your life.

Merry Christmas everyone!

In memory of Allen Wayne Latham (1947-2001)