Running Your Business While Sick: A Mamapreneur's Guide to Recovery
Sick day business management looks different for every entrepreneur, but as a work from home, home educating mum, the challenge doubles. Your business needs attention, your family needs care, and somehow you need to recover.
Let me share how I recently navigated this delicate balance with systems that work.
How to Run Your Business While Sick: A Real-Life Example
Recently, I implemented my sick day routine when tonsilitis randomly struck. Here's exactly what worked:
Day One: Emergency Systems Activation
- Cancelled and rescheduled non-urgent meetings
- Closed the laptop for essential rest
- Received remote healing session
- Focused on hydration with water and electrolytes
- Delegated dinner preparation to my partner (who made my favorite dish)
Day Two: Managing Business During Illness
Despite feeling under the weather, my systems allowed me to:
- Built client's sales funnel during energy peaks
- Conducted a "Streamline Your Systems with Systeme" call
- Created quick, nourishing meals: Lunch: Leek & Potato Soup (15-minute prep)
Dinner: Mushroom Broccoli Pesto Pasta with Homemade Garlic Butter
Working Mom Sick Day Routine Essentials
Your sick day routine needs to cover the following three areas. Here's what they are and what my routine looks like for a real life example:
Recovery Rituals
- Evening yoga session
- Short walk for fresh air
- Early bedtime (09:30 PM)
- Balanced takeaway meals with home-prepared sides or outsurce to a partner if you can't manage making simple soups and smoothies
Systems That Support Recovery
What made this manageable? Having systems in place:
Kitchen Systems
- 15-minute meal templates
- Home delivery services (Rappi in my case)
- Simple recipes stored in muscle memory
- Minimal prep requirements
Business Systems
- Flexible scheduling and super chilled clients who tell me to rest and take time as needed
- Remote work capabilities
- Automated processes
- Clear priority hierarchy
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Key Takeaways for Sick Day Management
Business Adaptation
- Reschedule non-urgent tasks
- Focus on essential client work (ideally take a day or 3 off compeletly)
- Utilize automated systems
- Work in energy-aligned blocks
Meal Management
- Use delivery services
- Rely on simple recipes
- Accept help with meal prep
- Keep healthy staples stocked
Recovery Priority
- Listen to your body
- Implement rest periods
- Maintain basic movement
- Stay hydrated
This is how I survive the occassional sick day as a mamapreneur. As you begin to protitize your wellbeing, eat home made healthy meals and implement smart business systems you will find your sick days massively reduce in frequency. And now you have this system to manage those days when cold, flu or other health setback catches you!
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