Balancing a Full-Time Job with Your Photo Booth Side Hustle
TL;DR: Balancing a full-time job and a photo booth side hustle can be challenging, but effective time management and work-life balance can lead to success. Here’s how:
- Protect Your Time: Set and stick to a clear schedule.
- Pursue Your Passions: Enjoy the work you do.
- Celebrate Wins: Recognize achievements and milestones.
- Find a Dedicated Workspace: Separate work from relaxation.
- Charge What You’re Worth: Value your time and expertise.
You know that having more cash is key to freedom and a better lifestyle, but be careful. If you don’t strike a balance, your bonus gig might have the opposite effect.
About 54% of Americans have a side gig or side hustle that brings in cash on top of their full-time job. However, 57% of Americans report experiencing burnout from overwork or poor work-life balance. Clearly, time management and work-life balance are tricker than most people thought.
In this blog, we’ll explore how to balance a side hustle with a full-time job. We’ll focus specifically on how to make a lucrative photo booth side hustle work for you. Keep reading to learn how to enjoy the good life by balancing a six-figure side gig.
How to Balance a Full-Time Job with Your Photo Booth Business
Protect Your Time
Balancing a photo booth side hustle and day job requires being strict with yourself. Your 9-5 probably comes with set hours. Determine a clear, manageable schedule for your side hustle, too. More importantly—stick to it!
This might look like ignoring emails until you are “back in the office.” It can also mean only taking phone calls during designated hours. If you are on-call 24/7, you won’t be able to shut off your work brain and relax.
When your hours are up, shut off the laptop and step away. It’s a sign of professionalism, not weakness, and your clients will understand. We’ve been doing this for a long time and we’ve yet to encounter a photo booth emergency. Everybody sleeps, and that email will be there in the morning.
Pursue Your Passions
Have you heard the expression, “If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life?” It’s both true and false. Work is work, even if you love your job. With that said, loving your job makes it much easier to put your whole heart into it.
You’ll have a much easier time balancing your job with your photo booth business if you love the events industry. If you’re passionate about photography and customer service, you won’t resent the grind.
Celebrate Your Wins
When you’re your own boss, you’ll be named the employee of the month every single month. After a while, that gets stale.
Be sure to notice and celebrate tangible wins. Track your milestones, including number of events, repeat clients, and profit to date. Reward yourself for achieving your goals, and don’t forget to aim higher.
Find a Dedicated Workspace
It’s hard to come home from work and immediately go back to work. It’s especially hard if home is where you relax. Once your home becomes your workplace, it can be difficult to focus. The call of Netflix, your phone, and your bed are very, very strong.
Instead, work from a coffee shop or look into a co-working space. If that’s not possible, a home office can also help. That physical separation is a mental trick that can keep you from burning out. When you arrive in your workspace, your brain will know it’s time to work, not play video games.
Charge What You’re Worth
The true key to balancing a full-time job and side hustle is not undervaluing your side hustle. Your work, high-quality equipment, and time are valuable. When you charge what your time, experience, and expertise are worth, the work you put in will justify itself. As a result, you’re less likely to burn out.
Remember that you are offering a service that other people want. Don’t sell yourself short.
Make Your Photo Booth Side Hustle Work for You
Are you ready to start your photo booth side hustle? Photo Booth International has the resources to ensure you succeed. From the highest-quality booths to business advice, we’re dedicated to your success.
Start with our free Photo Booth Boss webinar. We’ll share the resources to help you earn $100,000 in your first year. To supplement your learning, get your hands on our FREE ebook, Photo Booth Secrets. To round out the trifecta, join our business club and connect with other photo booth entrepreneurs.
With a team by your side, your photo booth side hustle will remain burnout free for life!
