My dear…you are NOT your business.

Ok…maybe part of you is. But not all of you.

Here’s the thing.  I’m going to guess you are passionate about your business.

And, that’s ok. In fact, that’s great!

But, I’m also going to guess that some days, your feelings of self-worth are hinged DIRECTLY to your business (to EXTERNAL opinions + reactions to your business).

That’s not ok.

What do I mean?

Imagine this…

You have an AMAZING session. Seriously.  You are over-the-moon-excited. 

You put up the sneak peek eagerly awaiting the “likes and comments” to appear and…alas…crickets.

You send over a client gallery and their response, “thanks…those are nice.”

Nice?  Nice?  Not “I love them!!!!!!!!!!”  with a whole lot of exclamation marks??

Your stomach drops.  You feel horrible.  You think, “my works sucks.”  Which leads to thinking “I suck.”  Which leads to feeling stressed out, grumpy and jaded and in general, not loving life.

Sound at all familiar?

Here’s the thing…our work is very personal.  So, it is natural to ‘feel it personally’ when someone doesn’t like our work.  Or our prices.

However, if you find things like this totally affect your entire mood, it might be time to take a step back and ask yourself, “who AM I outside of my photography business?”

Are you making time for YOU.  ALL of you?  Not just ‘business you?’

Because believe me, I totally understand how easily your business can swallow you up.  But it is important for your well-being (and the future of your business), to make sure you have time for you.

To rest.  To relax.  To connect with your family and friends.  To go back to those hobbies long forgotten.

(if this sounds familiar, tell us in the comments below what you did to ‘re-discover’ yourself – or what you plan on doing!)