For the summer time I agreed to work at an event as it sounded like fun plus it didn’t seem to require that much of a time commitment. What I found myself doing so far is that during my break I would simply keep track of all of my online business activities to make sure everything is running smoothly. Some people would think I am crazy to do this as a break generally means you shouldn’t have to worry about any kind of work. However, I always saw it as an opportunity to still learn while growing a business. It’s just a more lenient timeslot in a way.
I have often read there were high school students for example who had started their business online where every break period they would go online to fulfill orders or to address customer questions. Now that seems like taking a huge load, but at the same time I can see why they are successful in doing that. I think the key is to establish a system where you can maintain the business without necessarily requiring you to be there all day.
By doing so, you could easily go on a vacation and still take only like ten minutes to manage everything from time to time. It’s kind of a trade-off where you spend more time to develop that system initially so that down the road you don’t have to. Doesn’t seem as crazy once you see it that way huh?