How to Burnout-Proof Your Business 💪


Dear Reader,

Before we talk about marketing or pricing or posting to Instagram, we need to talk about something way less shiny but MUCH more important: burnout-proofing your business.

When I first started my business, I was still recovering from the mental and emotional pressure and unrealistic expectations of classroom teaching.

I thought self-employment would feel like sipping chai (or, in my case, a green tea latte) in yoga pants.
Instead, I found myself copying classroom hustle energy and calling it "entrepreneurship."
Spoiler: It wasn’t sustainable.

Here’s the Business Tip I want to share with you today:
👉 Design your schedule around your energy — not your availability.

What does this mean?

  • Don’t automatically offer 4pm sessions just because it “makes sense.”
  • Don’t work every weekday just because the school calendar trained you to.
  • Don't take every client willing or wanting to work with you.
  • Do ask: “When do I feel most clear, calm, and focused? What rhythms do I actually want?”
  • Do ask: "Can I realistically help this person achieve their goals? Do I genuinely want to work with this person or their parent?

YOU are the main asset in your business. And your time is not your only resource — your energy, boundaries, and vision matter too.

This kind of recalibration is Business Strategy.
You’re not behind. You’re just used to a system that expected you to be a machine.

Not only do you get to unlearn that way of functioning. You need to unlearn that way of functioning, or you will subconsciously recreate the very thing you created your business to leave behind.

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Best wishes always 💕
Rachel


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Classroom teacher turned teacher entrepreneur. I help classroom teachers learn how to create, market, and run their own, unique private practice teaching & tutoring businesses. Learn how to Teach YOUR way! ~ WHO, WHAT, HOW, WHEN, & WHERE you want!

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