17/12/2025
What a year! While 2025 wasn’t the first year I’ve had a team, it was the first year where I tried to be really intentional about my time and try to nail the work/life balance.
I can confirm I squeezed a lot in! Can also confirm that work/life balance is a myth when you’re a working parent who runs a business(es) 🫠 some days you will need to drop everything and fight the fires. Other days you’ll get to knock off early and head away for a long weekend in the caravan 😎
The trick is to identify the things that are important to you (maybe it’s school drop off, watching kids sport, annual golf/fishing days, family holiday, major sport events) and protect their spot in the calendar. Get the right people around you and set systems up so you can be away from your business for the required period of time.
As with most things, there will be some give and take. Sometimes I started at 5am to get things done before heading away. Sometimes my team needed questions answered so I took a 5min call while in an airport.
All in all though, 2025 has been a great year and I can’t wait to see what 2026 has in store! More adventures are already being planned, and I intend to keep squeezing in as much of the good stuff as possible 🫶🏼
