I’m struggling this year… when we had our kid my wife wanted to stay home with her and since we could financially afford it we made it work.

Now she’s in kindergarten and my wife has gone back to work. But with kindergarten comes PD days, a mountain of sick days and, soon, spontaneous snow storms.

I’ve always been able to iron man my way through small business, one sick day in 6 years, and for vacation and time off I can plan for that.

But I’m having a hard time with the chaos and unpredictability of kindergarten lifestyle. Anyone been through it? Anyone able to cope better?

  • ScarlettWilkes@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I mean, kind of the entire reason I have a business is so I have flexibility. I’ve hired people in order to get that. Do you have help? What kind of business?

    I hired an office administrator, and she keeps the place running along with my two managers. She helps plan the production schedule and pickups/deliveries, can order most of our critical supplies, etc. I still get texts when I’m not physically at the business, but it’s usually so I can order some obscure thing and it takes 5 minutes. When my admin isn’t here I work the normal business hours, but when she is here (not sick or on vacation) I only work like 16ish hours a week.

    Edited to add that I have a second grader, so I know what you’re dealing with…

    • datawazo@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I have one employee, trying to add another but don’t have my shit together for it (need to go after funding). She’s great, but I’m still pushing most of the business