How I spend my days balancing life + work as a 6-figure freelance copywriter.

These days, life looks pretty sweet. I get to spend my days the way I want, sneaking in work things in between life things. Because that’s the way it should be: Life first. Work second.

And that’s what I want for all my clients too.

But I didn’t just fall into all this. It’s on purpose. It’s by design. 

I worked for years in my business to get to this point, but now that I’m here, I’m so glad I put my effort into the right places in my biz. So what does life really look like now? This post is going to show you a snapshot of exactly that.

Because if this is possible for me, it’s possible for you, too. I truly believe that.

Mornings start early around here.

But I love it. Before the arrival of my son last year, I started my mornings at 5am every day to journal, reflect, and set intentions for the day.

Lately, my mornings still start at 5am, but they look a little different now. Often, I set my alarm to get up and work from 5:30/6am until 7:30/8am (before my husband clocks in for his work day and I’m on mom duty). But sometimes I just want quiet time before the world wakes up. Other days, the baby has decided it’s time for everyone to get up… So naturally, we do. Because he’s the boss.

But it’s not always like this: Some days the family sleeps until 6 or 7, and other days everyone is up and ready to go for the day.

The best thing is that my schedule isn’t set in stone. It’s fluid by design, because there’s more freedom here to let the day start without “falling behind” or getting frustrated because it’s different from one day to the next.

Ex. If I have a rough night with the baby, then I can turn my alarm off to get some extra sleep, and my biz won’t burn down.

As a business owner + mom, I pack a lot into the morning.

If I have time to focus early in the morning before the rest of the family wakes up, I try to take a few minutes to journal and sit before jumping into things. Mind first. Business second. When I “officially” clock in, I’m mentally prepped for business mode.

At this point, it’s work time. I’ll get my most important focused tasks out of the way first…

• content creation
• client work
• anything to do with strategy

Then it’s checking in with The Inner Circle members, my inbox, and setting eyes on the team’s (and my) to-do’s. This is just to put my finger on the pulse of what’s going on: Often I don’t take action on any of the emails or ClickUp yet—I just want to know what’s up or if I need to adjust my priorities for the day.

This is the point where I switch into coordinating the house mode, because even though I have tasks for work, I’ve got life stuff, too… Walking our dog, Champ. Making more baby smoothie pouches. Meal prepping, grocery shopping, coordinating playgroups, etc. 

By 8AM, I’m in Mom mode.

I don’t spend a lot of time getting ready—usually I throw on activewear knowing that I’m going to work out at some point.

This is one of the sweetest parts of the day. I move around the house with my little best friend following me—he’s very helpful right now. We make the bed, put a load of laundry on and bring up last night’s, hang more up on the rack in the sunroom so it can dry through the day. Tidy the kitchen, and put around getting all the little things done that make our days go smoother.

I love playing in my studio, strategizing and copywriting for brands that are going places. But I love playing with my little dude even more. He’s so curious, so we try to spend some time in the morning reading or playing learning games after the chores are done.

Some days we leave the house around 9 to run errands or join play groups. On days we stay home it’s baby nap time by 10/10:30am, which means it’s time for me to work.

Around here, Nap Time = Work Time.

The ideal time for me to work outside of my focused morning session (if I get it) is while B naps. Sometimes I have scheduled meetings at this time, but if not, it’s mostly smaller tasks, like coordinating with clients or the team. 

Sometimes work during this time actually means working out, because moving my body is still a priority and even though sometimes I don’t want to, I always feel better after. 

On days with meetings, my husband watches the monitor or does baby lunch time. These meetings are specifically booked at this hour so I can focus on my clients. It’s important for me to be present when I’m with B, but when I have meetings my brainpower is tuned into work mode. Even though I’m juggling a lot over here, I always want to show up present to meetings because they deserve that attention—there’s nothing worse than being on a call with a “busy” person who keeps getting pulled away. That’s not what this is. Giving 150% means setting aside time so I can give them my full attention.

After that, it’s life.

In the afternoon, we’ll do something fun like go to the park or set up the kiddie pool. We play until the baby’s tired if he didn’t have a long morning nap. But sometimes he’s in party mode and he might stay awake all afternoon and it’s just fun, fun, fun. Honestly, most days he’s like Let’s F*cking GOOO all afternoon, so we play until dinner and bedtime routine. Big surprise that my son is super high energy. 😂

Around 4/5pm, I usually get a few minutes of hands free time to check in and wrap up my day. That could be communicating once more with clients or the team. Even though I have processes in place that keep things moving, I still have things to do to help projects and tasks move forward. But these are small… Giving the go-ahead on one thing. Adding my take on another. Double checking the status of a client.

I’m not stuck working through endless projects or having unnecessary back and forth with clients. Because I’ve set boundaries in place. Strategies. SOPs that keep me and the team on track without constant check-ins. 

And it’s all intentional.

Evenings are for me and the family: The dinner rush or gym night for me twice a week. We have play time and bedtime… doing the whole parents of a toddler thing. After B goes down for the night it’s free time for me and my husband. Often that means a glass of wine and my latest home project.

Yes, it’s a lot in a day and I’d by lying if I said I wasn’t tired! But it’s good tired. Rewarding. I feel so lucky that I get to run my biz that I love around my family’s schedule. This is what I’ve worked so hard to have—to get to raise my kid and keep my business going. Then to relax at the end of the day.

Imagine a day in the life of a copywriter…

With you in it instead of me. What could your day look like in 3 years if you started copywriting right now? If you set up a business, got clients, and honed your skills as a business owner? Just 1 decision can change your entire life.

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