Time Management for Busy Bloggers with Emily McGee of My Adaptable Career-EP045

The beauty of freelancing is the freedom it affords you to set your own schedule, and for busy moms, that is a necessity. But taking care of kiddos is a full-time job in and of itself, so how do you carve out the time to write your blog, for example? And how do you make decisions about what really HAS to be done? 

Emily McGee is the founder of My Adaptable Career, an online business that advises freelancers and solopreneurs on best business practices and intentional business growth via innovative time management solutions. She works specifically with moms looking to monetize their blogs and avoid returning to a nine-to-five.

Emily began her career as an English teacher before her husband’s job took them overseas. It was then that she began freelance writing in the education sphere, finally niching down to curriculum development. In January of 2016, she founded My Adaptable Career to offer general advice to other freelancers before finding her expertise in time management. Today Emily shares her best ideas for juggling business and baby, how she handles ‘mom guilt,’ and why freelancing is a good fit for stay-at-home parents!

 

Key Takeaways

The benefits of niching down

• Make more money
• More offers, including repeat clients

 

Why focusing on a particular industry makes you a better prospect

• Known as go-to writer for specific content (i.e.: standardized test questions for middle/high school language arts)

 

Why Emily made the shift to blogging

• As freelancer, still answered to ‘boss’
• Having own business affords complete control

 

How Emily made the transition from freelancing to blogging

• Balanced both for a year (blog not generating income)
• Researched entrepreneurship, chose full-time blogging as calculated risk
• Views freelancing as safety net to return to if necessary

 

Emily’s target audience

• Moms looking to monetize their blogs
• Parents struggling with time management (running household and blogging)

 

Emily’s advice for juggling business and baby

• Minimize your expectations
• Limit your ‘stuff’
• Prioritize (What really HAS to be done?)
• Let go of perfection
• Get clear on your goals
• Say ‘no’ to anything that’s not going to get you there

 

How to handle ‘mom guilt’

• Remember that social media is a cultivated image of other’s lives and avoid making comparisons
• At the end of the day, you only have to answer to yourself and your family

 

Why freelancing is a good compromise for new moms

• Allows you to maintain identity outside of being a mom
• Doesn’t require being away from children for full-time work

 

How Emily carves out time to work

• Three-year-old daughter attends preschool, plays by herself
• Four-month-old son naps
• Eliminate other hobbies (e.g.: television)

 

Emily’s greatest challenge as a business owner

• Mindset – allowing doubt to hold back

 

Emily’s #1 tip for aspiring business owners

• Take the plunge
• Now is your time!

 

Resources

Free Time Management Mini Course

 

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