November is all about simplifying. Creating a complicated existence is so 2006 for me. I’ve adopted a new rule that I think every entrepreneur mom may want to consider adopting.

If you pick up one thing, drop another.

Our hands & lives can only hold so much. The quickest way to overload is trying to “do it all.”  Whatever business model you’re in is one you’ve created and if it doesn’t work, deconstruct and begin again.

I can hear you saying, “Easier said than done, Bunmi.” But what isn’t?

If you’re running a part-time or full-time venture, make a list of the tasks you do every week and decide which ones you’re willing to outsource.

Cooking dinner every night was something I thought I wanted to let go so we tried a meal service. Not only did I realize that I still needed to cook as my 3 year-old wouldn’t touch the fancy stuff my husband and I liked, I figured out that I actually love cooking and developed a Sunday meal prep system that makes dinner fun.

Cleaning on the other hand I have very little emotional attachment to. I found a great cleaning service in my city and supported another entrepreneur mom (the one that owns it) by using their services. They even fold laundry!

Tomorrow will be my first day with a personal assistant I’m looking forward to have help getting out Thank You cards that are far overdue, taking home management to a new level of systematization and just bringing more peace to my everyday life.

I’m a mom of two children, one of whom is on my person much of the day, who doesn’t want to do it all. Just the parts I choose.

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