Things can be done in advance to set up your business, to greatly reduce, if not completely eliminate the conflict of choices. Motherhood does not happen overnight and you will have months to prepare the business. The key ingredients are:
1. Complete as many future tasks or projects as you can in advance that can be implemented in your absence.
2. Have someone else available in your absence to handle the business activities you normally handle, so existing customers do not miss a beat and new customers are properly taken care of.

When we assist people to become successful business owners, we encourage them to delegate as much as possible from the very start, and accept and recognize that they will be absent for periods of time. We have called this the “Having a baby plan” Even male business owners can relate to this concept. One of our female business owners discovered that she insisted on doing everything in the business, and watched it and her personal life struggle, as she worked 12 hours as the queen of her business. She recognized that she was a slave to her business and was working for a paycheck, only she signed it. When she reorganized her business so it would operate better in her absence, not only did her business improve dramatically, but her personal life did also.