Are You a Tired Small Business Mum?
If you are a small business owner (and a mum) like me you are most likely working alone, or are at least the ONE person who has to do all the “bits” and remember all the “bobs”! ..and also like me you have probably never found the right book to keep all those bits & bobs in one place!!...and even more like me you probably don’t get much sleep due to thinking about all those “beeping” bits & bobs!!!
Why I made my own Small Business Planner Organiser
During "lockdown" and after years of faffing about with multiple books, wasting valuable family time plus reaching that age where notes in my head vanished into thin air within seconds I invested in a good old fashioned filo fax then designed & printed my own planner pages to help me stay organised all in one place! I created a faff free work flow system for myself that I could update daily/ weekly to make sure I stayed on track with future plans, enquiries, orders, to do's, money and my social media content. Luckily just as my printer decided to take a sabbatical I discovered Amazon's print on demand service and decided to share my planner as a physical book to help other people, especially mums, balance their work & family life.
The Need to Plan, Organise & Sleep
For me...
Planning a head, record keeping & tracking is a must in small business productivity
With a million and one things to do at home and work things can easily be forgotten or missed so having it written down in an organised manner can only be beneficial to all
Sleep deprivation is a killer, literally,! Planning in your head is all well and good but not when you should be catching up on valuable shut eye, get all those ideas & must do's down on paper so you can finally switch off and shut down at the end of the day.
What's in the "Small business Owners Don't Sleep" Planner Organiser
Undated pages so it can it can be started anytime of the year
Prompts for a faff free weekly working system to help manage your time and remember all those important and monotonous jobs!
Space given to add own headings so you can truly tailor this book to suit your business whether you are a digital, service or product base business.
Sections: Working a little differently from usual planner/ organiser/ diaries...instead of being divided up into separate months it is split into individual categories that continue on throughout a 12 month period for a faff free work flow!
Top business bits & bobs topics (that rumble round my head & probably yours)
Yearly/ Monthly & Weekly View plus
Monthly Planning
Messages
Orders/ Sales/ New Clients
To Do List
Weekly/ Monthly/ Annual Jobs
Holidays
Accounts
Trackers
Social Media Content Planning
Benefits I Found Using a Physical Planner Organiser
Taking (planned) time each day to sit down, open up and check into each section of the planner helps focus one day at a time
Knowing everything is in one place and on track reduces stress & distraction
Holding & seeing a physical book in my hands makes it real, it can't be deleted or filed away
Being organised means I can close my book with more time on my hands to actually make my products and more importantly be with my family
Getting thoughts out of my head onto paper gets me away from the lure of watching silly videos on social media
Closing an updated book each day means I can switch off my brain more easily and sleep
Vic's Tips
Consistency is the key to all aspects of building your own small business including a easy to stick to routine so find what works best for you when it comes to getting organised but it need to be "stickable"
Where can I get my hands on the "Small Business Owners Don't Sleep We Just Work with Our Eyes Close" Planner Organiser?
If you are a tired self employed/ home based working mum then find your faff free way here
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