A Solopreneur’s Guide to a Holiday Season on Your Terms
How to manage your workload and stress.
Most solopreneurs I know feel like they work a lot of hours or don’t have good boundaries. They’ll work in the evenings or on weekends — anything to make clients happy or get their business off the ground. While I’m not a big fan of hustle culture, I get it: you do what’s necessary to keep your business afloat.
The holiday season (late November through the start of the new year) is a different story for many reasons. You may want to take time off to spend with friends or family and you need to set proper expectations with clients. Our minds may be elsewhere, but that doesn’t mean our clients or our businesses are elsewhere. The last thing you want is to get into a situation where you’re forced to do client work when you’d rather be celebrating.
Here are a few things to think about as you approach the holiday season: how you can feel less anxious and how you can prep each year.
Decide in advance how much time you’ll take off
If you plan to take time off, it shouldn’t be a last-minute decision. Decide on your last working day of the year and start communicating to your clients — early and often.
