31 Days Project // Day 16 // Business Systems that Work

Welcome to 31 Days to an Organized Life & Business! For the month of October I will be a participant in The Nester’s 31 days Writing Challenge. Taking some of my own advice and taking you along on my journey to a life reset. I’ll be sharing (and practicing) some tips on everything from bookkeeping, shopping, managing kids, intentional parenting, work from home mom syndrome, work/life balance, spiritual reset and more. Not because I am the expert in these fields, but because they have worked for me in the past, and I so badly need them to work again for me now.

When I say I need this reset I’m not even kidding. When I say I’ll be writing about it, I don’t mean, I’m going to talk about past advice or something that worked once for me 3 years ago. I mean I’m going to hit publish on this blog post, and then go and do what I am writing about today.  That is all I can commit to for today. Which means, if you can relate to any of this, I invite you along on this 31 day journey. Watch me triumph or fail, but I’ll be here daily to give you updates. I’d love if you joined me, and keep me posted on your progress as well. There’s hope and support in community here. 

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Welcome to Day 16: How to create Business Systems that Work!

 

Let’s face it…. If it’s complicated, you probably won’t attempt to learn it.

 

If it’s inconvenient. You probably just won’t do it.

 

If it’s not custom designed for YOU, then you are stuck trying to adapt to a system that doesn’t highlight your strong points and AMPLIFIES your weaknesses and you will probably pull the plug on that system faster than #bendgate on day 1.

 

So, what is the solution?

 

You need to find a system within the system you are already doing.

 

But Angie, what the heck does that mean?
Let’s talk about a hypothetical situation with my friend “Lara”, with whom I did a hypothetical impromptu coaching session with.

 

Lara is a very successful wedding photographer who was having a hard time finding the time/discipline to record payments from her brides and to track expenses on a regular basis. She wanted to avoid the end of the year crunch and be able to know, in a moment’s notice, who owes what, without a complicated system.

 

I could tell Lara, “ok, so Monday, Wednesday and Friday you should sit down, open QuickBooks and just do your bookkeeping”. She would laugh at me.

 

So I asked Lara about her normal routine. Turns out she loves laundry. Well, maybe not “loves” it, but is totally committed to it at least 2 – 3 times a week without fail. And while putting in a load of laundry, she loves to watch Boy Meets World on Netflix.

 

We started the “Laundry Sessions”. I knew I had an opportunity to come up with a system that only took 30 minutes, 2 times a week. That Lara can put in a load of a laundry, turn on her favorite TV show, and commit to sitting at her desk for 30 minutes of business management and bookkeeping.

 

That meant no time for QuickBooks or crazy programs. Just a spreadsheet to track her income, her clients, and her workflow. And 2 boxes to capture payments and receipts. Simple. Easy.

 

What routines are you currently doing that you could implement some business management time into?

 

Is there a block of time that you could commit to? Instead of trying to learn a system and making time for it, figure out how much time you can commit to, and then create a system around that.

 

Because you will only do it, if it works for YOU. And a system is only works if you do it.

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East Coast Fine Art Lifestyle Family Portrait Photographer Angelsea Urban

Angelsea Urban is a photographer and entrepreneur helping women use their creative gifts to nourish their homes and cultivate their businesses through practical stewardship. Her unique photography work focuses on Redefining the Family Portrait Experience by telling the story of  family through personalized foundations while creating a space to strengthen family bonds throughout the experience. As a certified tax professional and seasoned business consultant, Angelsea has helped the careers of photographers, restaurateurs, musicians and general small business owners through teaching, workshops, coaching, and hands on consulting. Her ministry work focuses on fostering creative gifts in women entrepreneurs to prioritize family and discipleship. She has photographed for families, brides, Bravo TV, NFL Films, and more and has been featured on multiple blogs and magazine print for her work in photography and in business. Angelsea teaches and photographs throughout the United States, and resides with her husband of 17 years, their two children, and their barely 3 pound Yorkie near Long Beach Island, New Jersey.  

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