Finding Work-Life Balance (The Life of a Blogger)

The expose 1 query I acquire asked every bit a blogger is: “How create yous discovery the time?” I’ve been asked over in addition to over how I acquire the liberate energy in addition to how I’m able to grapple a work/life balance, specially every bit a novel stay-at-home mom. Let me but showtime past times telling you, it is NOT easy! But, of course, none of it is tardily for whatever of us. Being a mom isn’t easy. Working isn’t easy. Working exterior the domicile isn’t easy. We are all constantly trying to discovery our ain life balance. I’ll unravel but about of the ways that I maintain organized, in addition to perchance it volition assistance yous function towards your ain life balance.

I would non view myself a full-time blogger because I don’t yet dedicate xl hours a calendar week to this gig. As I write this, I convey a preschooler, a toddler, in addition to a babe growing inward my belly then fourth dimension is getting to a greater extent than in addition to to a greater extent than scarce! Blogging for an income is definitely not an tardily gig, specially when yous are but starting out. I’m constantly trying to remainder putting plenty function into my weblog to cash inward one's chips along to grow in addition to sustain it, spell giving my children plenty attention, my matrimony plenty attention, in addition to myself plenty attention.

Here’s a typical solar daytime inward my life: 

I try to wake upwards earlier my kids, but that doesn’t ever happen. Every morning time I cheque that my most recent post went alive in addition to looks good. Then I part it or schedule it across my social media channels. If I don’t convey a novel post, I may schedule facebook posts or pinterest pins for the side past times side few days. Next, I cheque my weblog email answer to anything new, in addition to write whatever necessary e-mails. This could last pitches to or from novel companies, weblog friends in addition to I organizing posts, questions from readers, or dorsum in addition to forth e-mails alongside brands. Somewhere inward in that place my kids volition wake upwards in addition to I’ll interruption to build everyone breakfast in addition to perchance read a few books or assistance colouring stuff a picture.

By this fourth dimension of day, it’s ordinarily approaching preschool drop-off time, then I’ll build certain my kids are dressed, fed in addition to packed for school. After drib off, my toddler naps, then I ordinarily convey an lx minutes in addition to a one-half to myself. If I’m doing blog-related things, I may last creating novel projects, epitome furniture, photographing projects or rooms, or doing enquiry in addition to sourcing novel products or materials. If I’m taking a recess I mightiness read or nap (hello pregnancy!).

Then I’ll selection upwards my fille from preschool in addition to ordinarily either create but about errands (e.g. groceries, clothing, Costco, etc.), or play alongside the kids a bit. If I’m actually at compaction fourth dimension for a project, I may function through this fourth dimension until Daddy gets home, but the mom-guilt is real.

When Daddy gets domicile from function it’s a whirlwind of dinner, menage unit of measurement fourth dimension (e.g. a walk or playing outside), bath, in addition to bedtime routine. Our kids are downwards most nights past times 8:30, but nosotros don’t stop. When nosotros are renovating, this is oft when nosotros acquire most of the function done – betwixt 8-11pm. If I’m non working on a project, I’m editing photos, writing a time to come post (which could involve reviewing contracts, researching keywords, creating affiliate links, uploading photos/videos, etc.), or working on the “backend” of my weblog in addition to fixing behind-the-scenes things.

So instantly you’re thinking “How does she create all that?”

1. I’m real organized – I convey a to-do listing that I tackle most days, fifty-fifty alongside “life” goals on it, similar “do girls’ laundry” or “go for java alongside a friend”. Planning ahead also helps me acquire most of my function done inward batches. For example, I may DIY 4 projects inward 1 solar daytime back-to-back, or photograph 4 projects at once, or edit photos for 4 projects at once. All of which saves a ton of time!


2. I convey a real supportive husband – I could non create whatever of this without him. He loves renovating in addition to edifice fifty-fifty to a greater extent than than I create (if yous tin give the sack imagine), in addition to he’s ever been encouraging me to create what I love, fifty-fifty when my tiny novel weblog had solely 100 page views a month.


3. We’ve ever focused on helping our kids larn to play independently – This is then of import for us. Knowing that my children tin give the sack play in addition to convey fun without constantly needing my attending is a huge argue that I tin give the sack function from domicile at all. When they demand me, I’m there. But they are SO practiced at playing on their own!


4. I dear it – Blogging is non easy, but getting creative is my zen. If I haven’t gotten my hands muddied lately, I don’t experience similar me. I dear sharing my ideas in addition to getting an email from a reader alongside a photograph of a projection they made inspired past times the blog, or a text from a relative quest where my lite fixture was from, or a message from a friend who loved a download I shared. Love it!

Of course every unmarried solar daytime isn’t similar this. We withal exit for playdates, convey appointment nights alongside my hubby (in or out of the house, lol), conception events on the weekends, in addition to exit swimming alongside our kids. But our life is busy, in addition to I wouldn’t convey it whatever other way!

It’s upwards to every private to discovery their ain function in addition to life balance. For me, it tin give the sack last tardily to lay inward a combat of extra fourth dimension blogging because I dear watching it grow, but I also experience existent guilt if I pass also much fourth dimension away from my kids, then finding that remainder is of import (and solely going to acquire harder when babe #3 arrives in addition to I’m breastfeeding vi times a day! lol). My work-life lines are blurry, in addition to I’m oft working at unconventional hours, but I’m domicile alongside my kids in addition to I dear what I’m doing, then I’m ok alongside that.

My goals ever focus on maintaining my function life remainder too!

Read most my Goals for 2018 here!