Building a Business: The Month of Vacations

This MONTH in Business

Wow. Just wow. I thought I couldn’t get any lower, but I stooped to the lowest I have been in a year. In my defense I have been a bit busy with different time spenders like vacations and school but I had plenty of time to juggle everything and I just didn’t. Four weekend vacations in a row takes a bit of a toll on me.

I did an hour of work on 9/14-9/20

I didn’t do anything 9/7-9/13

9/21-9/28 I was getting footage and posted a few pictures to Facebook but still not enough to make a difference. About three hours worked.

135 minutes on 9/28/25-10/4/25 as I fall away from posting and any type of consistency.

121 Minutes on 10/5/25-10/11/25 where I had a couple of days where I felt back to normal.

Now, I have no homework due this week, no busy time at work, just a few house projects to do. I should be able to get five hours worked this week. I remember when my goal was ten hours per week worked. How far I have fallen from that over the past few months.

This week that I am working on currently is the week that I get somewhat back on track. I have already passed that 2 hours mark and I still have a lot of time left in the week. The consistency has been stronger, but I still feel like it is a great push to get things done. When I take time off, it takes a long time for me to get back on the horse and do what I am supposed to. I am big on routines and if I do get off of it, I personally struggle in all aspects of my life as I try to get the car back on track.

My goal is to hit five hours worked for this week. I have the time, I have a bit more motivation than weeks before, but I deeply want to hit this goal again. My goal for the month is to hit ten hours worked and get back to my goal when I first started this venture. This goal looks crazy based on my effort for the last month, but I think it is doable. As I said, I have the time. It has been hard to find that motivation.

I hope this stuck feeling with a lack of motivation can hit home for some of you out there. Especially the people like me that have a to-do list 50 small items long that makes each one feel like a towering dragon to fight. I’ll push through and so will you. Fight for that dream, and put in the work to at least put you in the game for it to happen. If it’s writing a book, house projects, schoolwork, exercising daily, we can all get through it. Even if we need that little boost of motivation to push through the harder days.