Today’s blog is an important one. It’s how to cut yourself sum slack and look after yourself as we wrap up 2022 and prepare for 2023👋

 

We’re wrapping up one heck of a year. We think it’s fair to say, we’re all shattered and looking forward to the Christmas break!

 

However, with any break as a business owner, it isn’t really a break. It just means that you have to do more work before and after your break to compensate.

 

So, we’re here to remind you to cut yourself sum slack and give you some ways in which to do that👍

 

Starting with…

 

The official launch of our podcast Sum Slack!

 

It’s designed to encourage you to quite literally cut yourself Sum Slack (finance pun intended!) as a business owner👌

 

Each episode is around 20 minutes so that we can be part of your commute.

 

We cover everything from finance hacks, business madness and current affairs, to maintaining your sanity, juggling kids, work-life balance and more, over a beer🍻

 

We also have some awesome guests lined up to give you their perspective on being a busy owner, alongside some helpful tips from their industry to help you.

 

We’ve released two episodes so far:

 

Episode 1 – The introduction of why you need us as part of your commute – Also, what is a kebab log?!🤯

Episode 2 – This is our first ever guest appearance on a podcast and it was with the HR legends from Human Everything, Lucy Edgar and Colin Noble👏

You can find both of these episodes here!

 

You can also find out more about Human Everything, and how they can help you with the people side of business, here.

 

We hope both of those episodes help you cut yourself sum slack and give you some perspective that you’re doing an awesome job.

 

We also hope they help you realise that it’s okay to feel all the feels when you’re a business owner. It can be a lot and it’s been one heck of a year😅

 

We have new episodes of the podcast coming out every fortnight.

 

Happy listening and if there’s anything you want us to cover, comment below or send us an email to [email protected].

 

In the meantime, here’s some other ways you can cut yourself Sum Slack as we wrap up 2022. You deserve it!🙌

 

3 Ways To Cut Yourself Sum Slack

 

1. Don’t compare yourself to others ✅ – Especially this time of year, you will be seeing people talk about their highlights of the year, goals for 2023, etc. Remember though, these are just highlights. Wherever you’re at is totally cool and where you’re supposed to be.

 

1. Treat yourself like a mate ✅ – Haven’t done your Christmas shopping yet? That’s okay. Feel like you’re struggling to get work wrapped up by Christmas? That’s alright too. You will get everything done you need to but in the meantime, don’t tell yourself off for having not done it yet. It won’t help you get things done and will just make you feel rubbish.

 

1. Take 10 minutes to note the good ✅ – If you’re feeling low, or like you aren’t where you should be finishing off 2022, make some bullet points of good things that have happened in 2022 – Both personal and work related.

 

We often don’t realise how much good stuff has happened when we’re in the thick of it. 

 

Noting them down not only reminds us, it’s also good to refer back to if we hit a wall.

Take it easy, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Rob, Al & Led