That's right. Leave your family at home. You blog about them all the time. You love them, we get it. We love our families too but when you go to a blogging conference - You need to be focused and you need to be social. Blogging is a business. That's why you are attending a blogging conference in the first place.
Some of us do this to sell / justify our trip to our significant others: "Let's make it a family trip! You'll love _______" Why do we do that? Don't we deserve some away time? Yes! I have read tweets and posts about frustration about family but yet you want to take them on the only chance at relaxation and freedom? (I've also seen babywearers at conferences - Good lawd, how do you do it!? I couldn't!) THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO ESCAPE!
Why do we do this to ourselves? I'm completely guilty of this. I did it for BlogHer '11 when I convinced my husband that he come with me and hang out with our then 5 year old at the pool or around San Diego. I felt so guilty leaving at 730am and coming back to the hotel at 1am for two days straight. My husband was like, "never again!" - He leaves my blogging conference trips to me now - to enjoy myself. He reassured me that the kids would be fine and insisted I go to Niche Mommy '12. And you know what happened? I roomed with some bloggers I didn't know and had only met through email and found out that they kick ass. Now we're good friends. I made new friends and had a blast with
my blogging BFF Ruby. I needed that.
Dr. Mommy's keynote also inspired me to stop trying to be a Supermom. Let go a little. You can do it.
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I cried my eyes out the night before I left for New Orleans. I cuddled and kissed my 4 month old baby like crazy. I was a mess! You know what helped? FaceTime. It was a life saver. You can Skype, Google+ Hangout, etc. Proof that fun times at home will happen without you. )
Picture some of the successful bloggers that motivate you - Do they travel with their family to conferences? And... just imagine if you do get to do some big stuff like an all expense paid trip to movie releases/premieres... Most of the time there are no kids allowed. You can't take your kids with you to day long press junkets. (Just things to think about as you venture deeper into blogging.)
With that said, my husband has given me his blessing for Blogalicious in Las Vegas this weekend. I will be missing the crap out of them but am happy to invest my focus into learning and connecting.
Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. My Blogalicious pass is sponsored by Latina Mom Bloggers and Blogalicious. All thoughts are my own.
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