Some real talk about working from home in content creation and being a mom

For about 6 months, I had to plan to carve out time to take off for a winter break, about 10 days

I had to work the first 2.5 days of it because shit happens

Then...

Then I was "off," meaning for the next two days I actually worked for 12-16 hours a day getting ready for Christmas/"celebrating" the holiday

This weekend, was the first time in a week that I was meant to be off that I was actually off and guess what?

I still talked about and thought about work both days

And now that it's Monday, I'm fielding work questions and forwarding emails before I've had coffee

Great break

Moral: don't do what I did, folks

Protect your boundaries, even from (especially from, if you're like me) yourself

Don't check your media

Don't check your email

Book in actual recovery time from the holidays if you are the person who administrates them in your family

The impetus to grind is there all the time if you own your own business, especially if it's related to content creation. Those numbers demand action all the time.

It's very hard but necessary to turn that awareness off. Thought I would be able to this time, but I flubbed it.