Max has always been Mama’s boy. I don’t mean it in a negative way; he’s just always preferred my company, and we’re more alike. But lately I’ve felt him slipping away. I knew it would come, but couldn’t prepare.

For my husband, it’s great. Max is more physical now, which means they wrestle and fight a lot while I look on over the book I’m reading. I don’t resent them spending more time together; I’m glad of it. I just feel a little…well, empty.

And in place of snuggling up with me, he’s arguing with me. The Hub and I recognize that it’s a power struggle, but it’s one I’m not interested in engaging. Today I took away his iPhone in an effort to show him that arguing relentlessly has consequences. He seemed to get it.

I feel like we’re already embarking on teendom, and I’m not ready. After all, he’s only 7!

I’ve been running Egg for five years now. It’s been a rollercoaster ride. Most of that time, I’ve done all the work: writing, looking for new clients, marketing and admin. Slowly I’ve been able to bring on a few freelance writers to help me.

A few months ago, we got a new client. Work for them has steadily increased, to the point that I’m working toward having 4 writers do the work. Four! That’s the most I’ve ever had.

And I took a very big step recently. I’ve handed over the complete administration to one of my writers. It’s a huge step in trust, to know that she can handle the client and won’t make my company look bad. It’s a huge step for a control freak to remove myself from the equation completely.

I feel amazing.

I feel like a huge weight has been lifted, and I feel like this is a good step toward more growth. Once I see that I’m not needed in every project we take on, we can do a lot more.

It frees me up to work on the projects I love doing, and it gives my writers more responsibility (and money).

Life is good.

Photo: Flickr user RambergMediaImages. Creative Commons 2.0.

If you blog, you can probably relate. Sometimes I feel like I need to come here and write something, and so sometimes it feels forced. I have no agenda with this blog; it’s more my personal journal, with some things edited out.

But when I was at BlogWorld last week, I started thinking about all my blogs (yes, all bajillion of them) and what I wanted to get out of them.

I’m going to be more forgiving when I don’t have time (or anything) to write. I’m going to focus on stories more. My opinions. Yes, Maxisms, of course. I’m going to stop worrying about keeping all 5 of my readers entertained. I’m taking it back to why I started this blog: it’s for me.

So if you enjoy my posts, thank you. I’m not trying for SEO or traffic or monetization. It’s just a sounding board for me to get away from the marketing and entrepreneur side of my life, and to talk about myself.

Photo: Flickr user notsogoodphotography. Creative Commons.