Business Owners: How Do You Avoid Burnout?
How do you balance running your business while still making time for family and personal life?
Forum Discussion
A few things helped me personally:
- building better systems so everything isn’t living in my head
• delegating earlier instead of waiting until I’m overwhelmed
• having actual office/planning time instead of reacting all day
• forcing time for gym/family even during busy periods
• shutting the company down twice a year for real vacations
We take 2 weeks around Christmas and another 2 weeks at the end of July. Non-negotiable. Everybody gets vacation pay and the company fully shuts down.
Seems counterintuitive at first in construction, but honestly I think it helps the team recharge and gives everyone something to look forward to during the busy season.