How to Actually Take Time Off in Your Business (Without Everything Falling Apart)
Today’s Biz Tip Thursday comes straight from my car (yes, another car episode!) and straight from my current reality… because as you’re reading this, I’m at the BEACH for spring break AND celebrating my birthday. 🎉🌴✨
And that’s exactly what inspired today’s topic:
👉 How to plan for time off in your business — without ghosting your audience or stressing out the whole time you’re gone.
Let’s dive in.
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Why This Matters: The Whole Point of Entrepreneurship Is FREEDOM
A funny thing happened last year when I joined a small group mentorship program. At the very beginning, my coach asked:
“What does your dream business look like? How much time off do you take each year?”
And I literally said:
“Um… any day I want?”
Because that’s the whole point for me — building a business that lets me take off whenever I want without asking permission, burning personal days, or waiting for holiday breaks like I do as a teacher.
If you’re an entrepreneur, I’m guessing you feel the same.
But here’s the key:
If you don’t PLAN for time off, your business won’t magically run itself.
How I Plan for Time Off Without Losing Momentum
I am NOT one of those people who has every post, launch, and email planned out six months in advance. (Bless the women who can do that. Truly. That is not my brain.)
BUT — I do know how to plan backwards.
You probably already know about your upcoming trips at least a few weeks ahead of time.
So here’s what I do:
✔️ 1. Look at the month as a whole
I map out:
- Any vacations or time off
- My direct sales company’s product launches
- My own coaching launches
- My team goals
- What income-producing activities need to happen
✔️ 2. Backward plan from when I’ll be gone
If I know I’ll be out at the end of March and into early April — and that’s a hot time in direct sales — I adjust my tasks accordingly.
Things I prep in advance:
- Scheduled social media posts
- Email sequences
- Customer communication
- Content drafts
- VA tasks
- Launch materials
- Reminders + promo content
This means everything keeps moving even while I’m on the beach.
✔️ 3. Create “copy/paste” assets
I drop emails, captions, and templates in:
- Google Drive
- My scheduling tool
- My content hub
- My VA workflows
That way, I’m not scrambling or typing heavy emotional caption content on vacation.
✔️ 4. Decide my “bare-minimum energy” tasks
Even on vacation, I don’t fully disappear.
But I do set the bar:
- Quick email check
- Respond to team questions
- 5–10 minutes a day max
Otherwise? I’m present. I’m living. I’m enjoying.
Because THAT is why I built all of this.
The Reminder You Need
Friend, listen…
You deserve true time freedom.
You deserve unplugged days.
You deserve vacations that don’t stress you out.
But you can ONLY have that if you’re willing to:
✨ Plan ahead
✨ Be intentional
✨ Prep your systems
✨ Set boundaries
✨ And trust that your business won’t crumble without you
I want you to not only take time off —
I want you to feel good about taking time off.
Take the vacation.
Plan the freedom.
Set your business up to support the life you want — not the other way around.
You deserve it.
Have the most beautiful day, friend. 🌞✨
