What My Husband Thinks Blog Series

I Can’t Keep Up With My Entrepreneurial Wife Anymore…

            I don’t use calendars, but I can stick to a schedule pretty decently. I live more of a day-to-day lifestyle and never really worry about what I have upcoming or where I am coming from, really living in the moment I guess.  My wife can barely stand it sometimes; however, I make my list of priorities based off of what she has to do, as a good husband should. I may not really know what she has planned at any given time during the week, month, or year (even though she has told me 10000000 times), but she can tell me to be at a given location by 6pm, usually home, and I’ll get there on time. I’m pretty reliable. Plus it keeps me from sleeping on the couch…

            This has really become the norm for me. I get up at the same time everyday, go to work, and come home usually to cooking dinner and bath time with my girls (my wife usually has a meeting or needs to work). That’s my Monday-Friday. On most Saturdays I take my daughters solo for most or all of the day, usually because my wife has some kind of wedding or workshop or meeting or something to do. I never know anymore because she is so gridlocked busy. Sundays I hope for golf or family time really, usually crossing my fingers for a combo of both. Somewhere in all of that madness we try to do house chores as well.

            It used to be a lot easier to keep pins in knowing everything Liz was doing with her photo business. GK and Madds weren’t around when she first started out, and well, her business was in its infancy. Those days are long gone now, and in the short amount of time since starting out, her business has really boomed. As she has grown, my ability to be engaged with her work and progress has really struggled at times. I used to read every post she made. Now, sometimes I’m lucky to catch a post and hit the like button. Her development was so quick; I barely noticed how fast she went from shooting weddings for free to already booking in 2018. It’s all really crazy when I think about it, but once we started having kids, all of my extra energy and most of my free time shifted into becoming a devoted super dad in addition to being a super husband. Meanwhile, my attention to detail for my wife’s business lessened.

            The optics of everything have really transformed since Liz started out. Economically it’s a great thing. More business means more cash BUT “Mo money Mo problems” (love that song, RIP BIG!!!). As my wife’s financial margins have grown, so has her responsibility to deliver to each and every single client. Along with that have come more pressures and challenges for her to get better every single day, especially in such a competitive market. These are all good problems to have of course; it means she is killing it out there as her own boss.

            The purpose of this blog isn’t a cry for help; I just noticed it sounded like that going back and reading through it all before this sentence. Don’t feel sorry for me haha, I wouldn’t change spots with anyone in the world! I love my life, no regrets! God has truly blessed me with a beautiful family.

I guess its more of me trying to make a point, that if you want to be successful out there, if there is one thing I know, you need to have a bangin’ ass support system. At the same note, if you are a part of someone’s support system, your everyday battles are not in vain! There are others out there ballin’ out as super dads, moms, sisters, brothers and friends just like you. And if you are an entrepreneur, don’t feel bad for exhausting your support systems. We can hold the fort. We do it because we believe in you and love you. And we know that if your success continues, so will your needs for us. And well be right where you need us to be even if we don’t know what you have going on…at home, right at 6pm…

Peace and Carpe Diem!!!