Christmas on its own can be stressful enough, throw running your own business into the mix and you could potentially have the recipe for a stress overload! Take action now so you don’t reach the point of no return by setting up strategies well in advance of the festive season that will enable you to cope.

As the majority of women bear the brunt of Christmas preparation, it is understandable that this time of year fills a lot of mumpreneurs with dread rather than festive cheer. Here are a few ideas on how to effectively manage stress levels.

Setting predefined goals that focus on what you need to achieve and by when, will enable you to manage your work and family life during the build up to Christmas, helping you to avoid getting your tinsel in a tangle! Making a schedule will help you understand your workload and manage it effectively and efficiently.

When creating your work schedule, consider deadline dates and ensure you are realistic with your time. It’s all very well your schedule looking good on paper, but ask yourself if it is actually achievable. It is better to overestimate time allocation than underestimate; if you find yourself with a couple of spare hours at the end of the week, use that time for yourself to ensure you don’t burn out.

Also, leave yourself plenty of time to complete work. Schedule the work to take place well in advance of the deadline – leaving things to the last minute will only increase stress levels and could lead to low quality work and damaged customer relationships if the deadline is not met.

It can be easy during the festive period to lose sight of planning business goals for the New Year. Getting through December can seem like a big enough task on its own but if you do not plan for January you risk beginning the New Year in financial woe. January can be an extremely slow month for business; not only are customers cautious about spending after the expense of Christmas, depending on the nature of your business there is increased competition with the onset of the January sales.

If your business is in the B2B arena, you also need to consider that it can take a week or two for people to return to business as normal.

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