how to achieve work life balance

What do you do when you hate Instagram but... you kinda need it to market your online business?

Do you push through even though it feels bad for your mental health?

Do you go cold turkey even though it'll hurt your business?

Or is there another way to get clients? A way that doesn't involve social media?

Until lately, you may have noticed I went quiet on Instagram, only using my Instagram story and not posting to my feed very often.

Before this silence, I was doing pretty well on the app!

I had reels that were getting 1.5 million views.

I gained 800 followers from one post.

Then 10,000 in a week.

Everything was amazing, right?

Except the app felt like information overwhelm.

I wasn't following accounts that made me feel good about myself or my business. (Believe it or not, it was the other "slow business" accounts that were making me feel bleh, not the girlboss accounts!)

And Instagram just felt bad for my mental health.

I complained about the app for a while. Moaned to my sister. I blamed the algorithm, I blamed the creators, I blamed the evolution of the app...

Until I realized, it wasn't necessarily Instagram that was the problem.

It was my relationship to Instagram, my perspective of Instagram, and the way I was using it. 

In this episode I'm sharing:

• 9 ways you're using Instagram that are the REAL source of your overwhelm. (It's not everyone's truth but it is for many.)
• How I've changed my Instagram marketing so it's fun again!
• How I batch 14 days of content once every 2 weeks (in just a few hours)
• How to not be RELIANT on Instagram for leads and clients. (There's another solution.)
• The major change I've made to where Instagram marketing now fits in my marketing funnel
• Why you need to stop thinking like a content creator and think like an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs aren't on Instagram to get lots of followers and go viral, we're there to get clients and sales.

Tune in and learn more!

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70% of Americans are disengaged at work and 80% of Americans are unsatisfied with their job. Why is this? I have a sneaking suspicion lack of work-life balance is the culprit. In today's episode, inspired by John Mark Comer's Book "Ruthless Elimination of Hurry", we discuss how we have navigated work-life balance, creating margin in our lives, and my bro (who is a pro at this) is HERE to give you some action steps you can take to start creating a work-life balance TODAY.

Buy John Mark Comer's Book "Ruthless Elimination of Hurry" HERE!

John Mark Comer's 18 Ways to Force Yourself To Slow Down:
1. Drive the speed limit
2. Stay in slow lane
3. Come to a full stop at stop signs
4. Don't text and drive
5. Show up 10 minutes early for an appointment, without your phone
6. Get in the longest checkout line in the grocery store
7. Turn smartphone into a dumbphone (grayscale it)
8. Get a flip phone or ditch cell phone all together
9. Parent your phone, put it to bed before you and make it sleep in
10. Keep your phone off until after your morning quiet time
11. Set times for email
12. Set a time and a time limit for social media
13. Kill your tv
14. Single task instead of multitask
15. Walk slower
16. Take a regular day alone for silence and solitude
17. Take up journaling - “the unexamined life is not worth living”
18. Experiment with mindfulness and meditation

I also mentioned the book "Indistractable" by Nir Eyal, which can also be found on Amazon.

For the video version of this episode, head to the Accidentally Intentional YouTube channel!

Join the conversation and follow along on Instagram! I respond to DM's! Let's converse! Say hi, or share your biggest takeaways! I'm all ears! @accidentallyintentional or @zoeasher

Remember, you're worth having and building relational wealth! The connection you’ve been looking for is on the way, and it all starts by being Accidentally Intentional.

Did you know we also have a YouTube channel?! It's true, just for all of you lovers of visual formats! For the video version of this episode, head to the Accidentally Intentional YouTube channel!

Join the conversation and follow along on Instagram! I respond to DM's! Let's converse! Say hi, or share your biggest takeaways! I'm all ears! @accidentallyintentional or @zoeasher