Making Space This Summer as a Small Business Owner
The sun’s out. The pool toys are everywhere. The calendar is full of cookouts, family road trips, and last-minute ice cream runs that turn into golden memories.
And mentally, we are here…
Summer hits a little differently when you’re a small business owner. Especially when your heart is pulled toward your work and your people.
And let’s be honest—it’s easy to let work take the front seat. There’s always something to do. A new idea. A client project. That one email that’ll “just take five minutes.”
But one of the biggest gifts of running your own business?
You get to decide what this season looks like. You get to make space.
At Copperheart Creative, summer is a season of slower rhythms and intentional priorities. We believe in pausing to be present, knowing that stepping away from your screen doesn’t mean you’re stepping away from your business. In fact, it might be the most life-giving thing you do for your brand this year.
Here are a few ways we’re intentionally creating space for what matters most this season—and how you can too:
1. Pre-Schedule Your Priorities
Batch what you can. Pre-write the newsletters. Create a template your VA can repurpose for social. Let automation do the heavy lifting so your brain doesn’t have to.
Need help streamlining your brand assets for your team? That’s our love language.
2. Communicate Your Summer Hours
You don’t need to be available 24/7. Set kind, clear boundaries with your clients and audience—summer hours, response windows, or even an “out of office” autoresponder that includes a favorite quote or podcast rec. It shows you’re still showing up… just with a little more sunshine and margin.
3. Define Success Differently
Success doesn’t have to mean more output. Maybe success looks like:
Taking Fridays off to soak in every second of sunshine
Choosing one meaningful project and doing it really well
Making popsicles with your toddler on a Tuesday
Whatever it is—let it be enough.
4. Let Your Brand Breathe
This season might be the perfect time to give your brand a refresh—or simply update the systems and templates that keep things moving behind the scenes.
Whether you're launching something new in the fall or just want to tighten up your visuals, we can help you extend your brand in meaningful, impactful ways (while still giving you time to catch fireflies or take that beach nap you keep promising yourself).
5. Presence Is the Point
At the end of the day, we believe your brand should support the life you’re building—not steal from it.
So if you need permission to close the laptop early, savor your iced coffee a little longer, or chase your kid through the sprinkler—we’re here to say:
DO IT.
And don’t feel guilty about it.
Because running a heart-led business means leaving room for the moments that fill your cup, too.
Ready to make your brand work for you this season—and not the other way around?
Let’s simplify, streamline, and design with intention—so you can show up fully in business and in life. If you’re craving more space this summer, we’re here to help. Let’s get your branding dialed in, so you can breathe easier and soak up the season. Grab your sunglasses—we’ll meet you there. ☀️