I’m so happy for you! You know, when it came time to play for maternity leave with Daniel, I didn’t really know what I needed to do and I also thought that it was just impossible as a small business owner. I remember friends asking me how long my maternity leave would be and my answer was simple, “Oh, well, I can’t take one because I can’t be away from my business.”

Ready to kick up your instagram feed just a bit? Here are 4 inspiring photos that you can post this week!

You’ve seen it before and maybe you’ve even lived it: photographer is drowning in editing because it’s the fall and it’s wedding, family, senior, and allthethings season. When you dream of running your own business, working endless hours in front of the computer and migraine headaches just aren’t what you had in mind. So let’s speed up your editing so you aren’t living in front of the computer anymore, deal?

Are you ready for a few more light and airy hacks for your Instagram feed? I absolutely loved hearing from you all on Instagram about what you most wanted to learn about creating a light and airy feed and today I’m sharing part two of how to do just that!

Did you miss last week’s post? You’ll want to read that one first: How to Plan Your Light and Airy Instagram Feed (Part One)

You sit down to finally plan out that Instagram feed because you’ve heard that it just might change your life to schedule your light and airy insta posts in advance.

And you? Well, right now you’ve got the “Art Director” hat on and you’ve got to visually lay out your photos in a way that supports your brand message.

Are you ready for a good laugh? My plan for taking maternity leave with Daniel was to blog between contractions. Laughing so hard right now after… you know… birthing a baby. Blog posts were the last thing on my mind!

So on the day he was born, after everyone had gone home, I blogged for the next day. That set in motion a habit I’d have for 8 months. I continued blogging 5 times a week because I thought that’s what you had to do to be successful. I had thankfully trained our photo editor and she was killing it, but I had no help on the business side of things. 

As a small business owner, you should get maternity leave, too. Here’s how to know what you need to do before maternity leave…

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I’m gearing up for maternity leave and that means that we’re having a bit of a movie day today! Daniel’s all snuggled up next to me, we have a bowl of fruit for a snack, and I’m writing content for the blog and our JB email insiders so that you’re well taken care of while I’m away.

I’ve been telling Daniel for two months now that I’m working so hard right now so that...