I thought I would write a
quick post on here to update you on the world of Hayley Cox Photography. I
really have neglected my blog this year (yet again) and although I had high
hopes at the start of 2016 of publishing regular posts, life and work have got
in the way so it has not happened!
For anyone who knows me
personally, you will be aware that I have a full time office job alongside my
photography business and I currently balance the two. I’ve booked fewer
weddings this year compared to 2015 as I found that last year I had hardly any
free time to myself, taking into account my full time job, photographing
weddings, doing weekend photoshoots and spending most of my evenings and spare
weekends editing! So luckily this year I’ve had a few more free weekends.
More recently, I’ve come to
the point again where I am editing every evening after work and not having much
time for anything else! As I write this, I have one wedding that is finished
and ready to be packaged up and posted, two weddings yet to edit, one wedding
coming up (my last one of the year!), two photoshoots in the diary and a
wedding album to design (as well as editing my last wedding and two upcoming
photoshoots!).
Taking the above into
account, it is my (perhaps over ambitious?) aim to have ALL of my editing
completed by the end of November. I think this is doable and I’m determined to
reach my deadline! This doesn’t mean I’ll be rushing any of my editing, it just
means I’ll be focussing my time on editing more and making sure my clients have
their photos back before Christmas.
Why am I doing this? Well,
I’m wanting to have everything finished by the end of November so that I can
have a break for the whole of December. I therefore won’t be taking any
bookings now until January 2017 (when I’ll be holding my January sale). I am
fully booked for the rest of November and my diary is clear for December. By
having a good break over the festive period, I’ll be ready and raring to go in
January with a load of new ideas and products. I already have a few things up
my sleeve that I’m planning to share with you in the New Year (including the
launch of my new wedding photography packages, some new products and a new
website) and can’t wait to get started! But first, I’m looking forward to
having a nice long break over December and catching up with friends and family.
I’m even looking forward to having time to do some housework!
I’d like to finish this blog
post by saying a big old thank you! Thank you to my customers for booking me
and allowing me to turn my hobby into a business, to my family and friends for
being understanding when I don’t have time to catch up and are always so
supportive, to my lovely other half for the same reasons but also for putting
up with me spending most of my time in our spare room at my desk (although he
has managed to get through a lot of Netflix boxsets on his own over the past
few months and I haven’t heard him complain…) and finally, to the inventor of
hot chocolate as that is what I’ve been running on for the past few weeks :)
Thanks for taking the time
to read this. I’d
love to hear from other people if they have an experience of running a part
time business. Do you also have a part time business as well as a full time day
job? How do you find balancing the two? Please leave your comments below or
message me :)
Thanks for reading, H x
