27/09/2026
A little RAW and honest post from me today…
I go through phases where I feel like I really need to push my little business more. Get new customers. Increase my sales. Post more. Show up more. Make it more of a money maker.
So I start posting more, making reels, trying to keep up with socials and putting myself out there.
But it feels a bit like a seesaw.
Because then normal life takes over…work, kids, sport, exercise, meal prep, house stuff… and last but definitely not least, actually having some downtime so I don’t completely burn myself out.
And suddenly I realise I haven’t posted in days. Then weeks. Sometimes a month.
The truth is, I just don’t have hours to spend creating reels, playing around on CapCut and trying to keep up with what social media apparently wants from small businesses.
I’m already on my phone enough with normal life stuff, and I really don’t want to spend even more time on it in front of my kids if I don’t need to.
If I have a spare hour, I’d much rather play a game with them, sit and chat, actually scrapbook…or sometimes just sit on the lounge have my cup of tea and binge a show.
But I also genuinely LOVE this little business. I love my workshops. I love creating. I love the friendships that have come from it and seeing everyone sitting around a table together making something they love.
So what’s the solution?
I actually don’t know.
Maybe there isn’t one. Maybe this season of life is just about accepting that I can love my little business without constantly trying to make it bigger. That sometimes I’ll show up here a lot, and sometimes life will need more of me.
So if I disappear from socials every now and then…I’m still here. Probably just at work, running someone to sport, meal prepping, exercising, hanging with my family…or hopefully sitting at my craft desk actually scrapbooking. 😂🤍
No big solution or inspirational ending here. Just me, trying to find the balance like everyone else. 🤍
