How to make space for rest and time off in your business
How to make space for rest and time off in your business
A slow summer post with my favourite resources on making rest central to your business
🧷 I’ve currently got two spaces for 1:1 mentoring available starting in August and September. Are you craving a slow, gentle and profitable business that truly supports you, your needs and desires? Let’s make it happen.
One of the questions I ask my clients most frequently is how they are going to make time for rest. We spend a lot of our time together making plans, brainstorming ideas, coming up with strategies to create that business that feels really good. And rest is part of that.
For me, rest is not separate from business. Rest isn’t the thing you squeeze into the margins of your business. Rest is key to a slow, gentle and profitable business (of which you and your wellbeing are the most important part).
I’ve written a lot about rest, making time for rest and taking time off from your business over the years. In this post, I share my favourite resources to help you make rest part of your business—and life.
Taking time off
As this post lands in your inbox, I’m enjoying three weeks off from my business. I didn’t always take time off from my business this consciously, and it sometimes still feels a bit scary—but it’s also vital for my wellbeing and creativity.
These are some of my favourite posts on taking time off from your business:
Living with energy limitations
Many of the people I work with have limited energy and space because of care responsibilities or, often, live with (chronic) illness. They don’t so much choose rest, as that they are forced to rest.
I’ve written more about my own experience with a chronic condition and how running my business fits in with that:
📓 And, no matter your mental or physical health, the energy balance sheet (the first resource I ever created!) helps give you insight into your own energy patterns.
Making rest central to your business
Rest isn’t just for time off—rest is central to our businesses, every day.
These are my favourite posts on making rest part of your business:
I’d love to support you to build your calm business
Over the past five years, I’ve supported clients to bring beautiful, aligned projects to life in their business, restructure their products and offerings, make consistent space for rest in their days, build a new business from the ground up and discover the relief of a slow, gentle and profitable business.
I’ve currently got 2 spaces for 1:1 mentoring (4 calls over 3 months) starting in August or September.
Book a free chemistry call (during which I will not put you on the spot to decide) to find out more, send me a message through my website, or check discover more details and testimonials here.
“To say that Astrid is supportive is an understatement. She helped me work through many things in my mindset and my business, and I could tell that she genuinely wanted to help me. My meetings with Astrid felt like meetings with a friend, and I appreciate her valuable insight. I 10/10 recommend her as a business mentor!”—Bri Dunavan
I’ll be back in the second half of the month with a brand new post (and workshop for paid subscribers), and a list of favourites which will no doubt include the many books I plan to read this summer. Curious about what I’m reading this year? I’m keeping track here.
Do let me know what resonated with you from this post, and have a good rest of your week! Astrid x