I don’t fold laundry…except the towels.
I like folding towels. I don’t like folding anything else.
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Clean laundry piled into baskets for each person in my family and taken (by them) to their room for them to put away themselves in their own drawers is even better.
In my life and business there have been times that I’ve done lots of things that I don’t need to do. I’ve thought at times that I’m the only one that can do those things. Or that if I didn’t do them then no one else would.
And so I would do stuff I didn’t like and stuff that was also unnecessary.
Are you doing that kind of thing too?
Because you can stop.
You can choose something different.
If you don’t like to fold laundry. Stop. If you like to fold towels. Keep folding the towels (I think it’s relaxing and they look so good in the linen closet when they are folded the way I like them to be folded).
Are you still editing your photos even though that part of your workflow makes you want to stab your eyes out? Stop. Hire someone to do it and do more of what you love to do.
I know you’re saying you can’t afford it but really? Can you afford to stab your eyes out? I don’t think so.
What if you got to do more of what you really want to do…like more photo shoots…which makes you more money…and you can pay your new editor! Yay!
Guess what? You’re happier and having more fun and feeling more alive.
What can your family do? Who loves to sweep the floor? Or do you LOVE to sweep the floor? Go for it! If you don’t then get someone to do it who loves it.
You don’t have to be a miserable martyr.
Trust me. I know. I’ve been one.
Would doing the dishes with your dear love or one of your cute kids? Call them out and tell them you want to chat while they load the dishwasher and you rinse the dishes. Sing. Turn up the tunes. Dance. Make it something that feels energizing.
What your life is…it’s what you make of it.
If you don’t like it. Stop doing your life the way you’re doing it. Get someone else to do the parts that aren’t your favorite or transform them into something that you would be filled up by.
You get to choose. No one is making you live the life you’re living.
Make your life and business one that makes you feel alive.
Is there some piece of your business you really don’t like? Is there something that, if you just didn’t have to do it, you would love your business so much more?
Little things in business can chip away at what made you fall in love with photography in the first place. If editing makes you crazy or making prints or creating systems isn’t your thing then stop doing it.
You’re worth it. So are the people you love.
A little tip:
If you’ve not read Bob Goff’s Love Does, I highly recommend it. Every Thursday he stops doing something. Continuously eliminating things from his life that aren’t serving him, helping him be the person he wants to be, or bringing him closer to his dreams.
What it you stopped doing something every Thursday? What would you stop doing tomorrow?
I’d love to hear what you are ready to give up, stop, or just say, “I’m done, I’m over it. No more.” Please respond just by hitting reply. I want to know what you’re stopping and why, if you feel like sharing.
Here’s to quitting something.
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Davina Fear is a Familyness Adventurer. She believes it adds magic to dinner time to drink chilled water out of a vintage lemonade bottle she and Mike received during their adventure in England. She also thinks that mistakes are inevitable (and helpful) and she’s getting pretty used to being ok with them.
She blogs at davinafear.com , is a creative business coach helping women photographers like you to build a family and business with less stress and more “I LOVE this!!!” in their life.
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Yes! I’ve never folded my daughter’s clothes for them … and my mom thinks I’m crazy!! But I’d go crazy if I did.
I’m with you, Stacy!