A work life balance whilst running a business is not as clear as black and white in my opinion. If your reason for starting your own business is to have more time, then perhaps a cake business will not make the top ten list! Cake decorating is time consuming – it is a labour of love. However all is not lost! You must decide on what balance means in your own context – set your working hours and only take on orders that you can fit within your set time. When you are starting out – you will be grateful for any orders, especially last minute orders – but those last minute orders are the very ones that can displace your balance; you could have had plans with your family, or some personal time planned which you now have to drop to take on this last minute order. It is not as simple as turning away last minute orders as trust me – you need them to build up your portfolio in the beginning, so you need to be open and honest about this with your family and together agree on what will work best for you until such a time as you can define your work hours. Good luck with it all.