Once your business really begins to grow, you’ll need to make a decision: should you quit your day job to do it full time? But first, you’ll need to spend time building it up — while working your day job. While juggling the two can be stressful, it’s an inevitable part of the journey for most of us. Before giving up your salary, you must be sure that your business can meet your income goals! This is a critical period in your entrepreneurial journey. How can you make it less stressful and more effective? Practice good time management. Schedule 10-20 hours per week to work on your business — and stick to them. This means telling your family you cannot be disturbed during that time. Know where to focus. Spend your time purposefully and focus on the things that will really move the needle forward. Don’t get caught up on the small things, like which font to use on your business cards. Make sure your website looks professional, but don’t fuss with the small details. Batch your work. Schedule large blocks of time in order to batch tasks. For example, spend one hour brainstorming content for the month, one creating outlines, and then a few more creating the content. Over the course of one weekend (or even half a day), you could create a month’s worth of content! These are just a few of my top tips for building your business while working your day job. Want to hear the rest? You’ll have to listen to the episode!

What would your business look like if you took all the right steps — from day one? I’ve reflected a lot on what I’d do differently to move the needle the furthest if I started my business from scratch today. In the early days, I made a lot of mishaps: 1. I had no clear profit plan. I was an accidental entrepreneur. As I grew, I hopped from plan to plan, learned as I went, and didn’t settle on what I really wanted to do until later. If I’d taken the time to come up with a practical profit plan from the start, my journey would have been much more straightforward — and I might be at seven figures already! 2. I had NO CLUE what I was doing. Who learned how to run a business using Google? Your girl right here. When One Big Happy Life started to take off, I was trail-and-erroring my way into entrepreneurship. That wasted SO much of my time. I regret that I didn’t find a comprehensive program to help me through the learning curve. 3. I built an audience without knowing my ideal customer. I can’t really blame myself for this one. When I launched One Big Happy Life, it was a hobby blog, not a revenue stream. I wish that I’d known from the start that One Big Happy Life was destined to be a business. Launching without an ideal customer in mind led to a lot of course correction (some of which is ongoing)! Don’t make the same mistakes that I did! In this episode of Wealth Life Balance, I’m sharing six key strategies to help you build the business you want from day one!

When I quit my full-time job as an attorney in 2019 to focus on building my online business, it was a scary step — but a necessary one. It would have been even scarier if I’d known what was to come. 2020 has caused many business owners to take a step back and revisit their plans, myself included. Back in 2019, I told myself that 2020 would be my million-dollar year. I even had it written on my vision board in big letters. Then COVID-19 hit. Then the murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. As a black family, the emotional toll on all of us was so steep. By June, I knew it was time to rethink my 2020 goals.

If you’re drawn to the idea of having control over your work, schedule, and income, you’ve come to the right place. This episode of the Wealth Life Balance Podcast is part of a series touching on the basics of launching and running an online business!

If you’re like me, you spent a long time unaware that you could build a freedom business that supports your ideal life. I’m here to tell you: you absolutely can. And the spark that lights that flame can be completely unexpected! My own multiple six-figure online business, One Big Happy Life, helps people find balance, build wealth, and live happy. We have an audience of hundreds of thousands, and our YouTube videos earn millions of views. And it all started with just one hair-cutting video.

Are you ready to live your life beyond the 9-5? Do you want to do work that lights you up, while wearing your comfiest pants… and get paid well to do it? The real talk, practical tips, and business strategies I’ll be sharing in the Wealth Life Balance podcast will help you get there.