My spouse is jealous of my business.

I know I'm not the first to have this problem. I know I won't be the last. What I do know, is that there's a reason my spouse is feeling the way he's feeling, and I need to make sure I'm addressing that. I need to make sure that I'm not only doing what is best for my business, but also what's best for my marriage. My husband has every right to be upset right now because I have had my own business for only a month so far, and I am new to the whole scene. Because of this, I have spent 10+ hours a day working. I advertise and search for new marketing sites every day. I download free leads and purchase cheap leads every day. I email all of those leads every day. I make sure I'm updating my status on each social media site every day. I call my prospects every day. I make a plan for the next day, every day. I read some of my Dani Johnson training every day. I listen to our conference calls/training calls every day.
Now, the reason I'm writing this blog is because I know so many of us face this problem with our spouses not wanting to support our business and I know some of us immediately get offended and call them selfish and whatnot, but after talking to my husband today I realized I wasn't considering his feelings. He just misses me, it's that simple. And he doesn't completely understand my business and would like to know exactly what I'm doing. So, we worked out a plan to fix this little problem that's been causing us stress and tension and disagreements over the past month.
Firstly, we brainstormed ways that we could fix the problem. See, I can't just simply work when he's working because I babysit in the mornings and by the time I get home and get started it's already 10:30 or 11:00. Then my daughter has to eat and lay down for a nap. THEN, while she naps I try to squeeze in as much as I can before he gets home at 2:30. That's certainly not an 8 hour work day! So, I decided to come up with a set schedule and stick to it no matter what. (With the exception of training calls and calls from prospects.) First, I thought about what tasks were most vital to my success and made sure I allotted sufficient time for them each day. The less vital, but still very important tasks I decided to schedule every other day. And each day at 3:00 it is hubby time, clear til we go to bed! He was so tickled by that part :)
Here's how I have my schedule set up:

Advertising/Networking  Mon:X  Tues:?-12:30  Wed:X  Thurs:?-12:30 Fri:X Sat:2 hrs

Prospect calls  Mon through Fri: 12:30-3

Lead generation  Mon:?-12:30  Tues:X  Wed:?-12:30  Thurs:X  Fri:?-12:30  Sat:X

Training/Studying  Mon-Sun: Daily conference calls, read Dani & listen to recorded calls in spare time.

Hubby time: Mon-Fri: 3:00-? Sat & Sun: All day baby :)







The schedule I printed out and taped to my desk is much more professional looking of course ;) Hope this helps a little for anyone dealing with an angry and jealous spouse. Talk to them and diagnose the real problem, then come up with the solution that works best for both of you! Also, be sure that you maximize the time you have scheduled for your business so that you can be more productive with less time. If it helps, log out of social media and emails, turn off cell phones (unless that's what you use for business calls), "shut the door" to avoid distractions from family and pets, turn off TV, etc.