> Increase your price. This may reduce the number of customers but increase the profit margin, thereby cutting back on the hours required of you and making the transition from job to business owner more manageable.
For sure, I am not entirely sure what the right pricing move is. I could likely do a 25-50% bump and end up better for it.
> Find ways to somehow free up time. This does not necessarily need to be in the form of business automation, though finding some ways to automate pieces of the business to lighten your load would be good. You could also look at your overall life and either do things like hire a person to mow your lawn or just simplify things in some way.
For sure. Today we just figured out "order groceries from the internet". Going to be a process,but every extra hour helps a BUNCH right now
> Take better care of yourself. Eat better. Improve sleep hygiene. Join a gym or fit more walking into your life. If you have more to give physically, this pace becomes more sustainable.
My running has gone from 30 MPW to 5 MPW. Thanks for the reminder, I shall go for a run in a bit.
> You seem to feel a bit trapped, like the business has a life of its own and you cannot corral it. Try to reframe the problem as one of you needing to get this dog on a leash and teach it some discipline. That approach has the potential to give you the breathing room you need to grow it on your own terms.
Perhaps you can do it some months after this :) it would be great to hear back with the results, so please don't lose the password ;) or safer yet, add an email to the profile.
> Increase your price. This may reduce the number of customers but increase the profit margin, thereby cutting back on the hours required of you and making the transition from job to business owner more manageable.
For sure, I am not entirely sure what the right pricing move is. I could likely do a 25-50% bump and end up better for it.
> Find ways to somehow free up time. This does not necessarily need to be in the form of business automation, though finding some ways to automate pieces of the business to lighten your load would be good. You could also look at your overall life and either do things like hire a person to mow your lawn or just simplify things in some way.
For sure. Today we just figured out "order groceries from the internet". Going to be a process,but every extra hour helps a BUNCH right now
> Take better care of yourself. Eat better. Improve sleep hygiene. Join a gym or fit more walking into your life. If you have more to give physically, this pace becomes more sustainable.
My running has gone from 30 MPW to 5 MPW. Thanks for the reminder, I shall go for a run in a bit.
> You seem to feel a bit trapped, like the business has a life of its own and you cannot corral it. Try to reframe the problem as one of you needing to get this dog on a leash and teach it some discipline. That approach has the potential to give you the breathing room you need to grow it on your own terms.
This is genius