Take A Break: Don't be afraid to enjoy fruits of your labor. Take a break and make sure you not too tired to play with toys you've bought with all that money you've earned. I regularly take myself offline for a few hours once a week and just catch up on housekeeping (invoicing, billing, writing my newsletter) and schedule time off one day per month and spend day singing, or writing, playing tourist in my hometown or enjoying a day at spa.

Why not take a mental health day now and then? In school, you didn't think twice about playing hookey. Now that you're a grown-up, why not take a day off for fishing, surfing, shopping, or reading.

For some reason, now that you're Boss, it's harder and harder to get away and take time for yourself. Try this tip: schedule a regular appointment with yourself. Block time off in your calendar and don't make that time available to anyone else (clients, family, friends).

Remember: Set your hours and take a day off. All that work will still be waiting for you in morning!

* Strike a balance between personal and business stuff. While customers like to read blog to learn about person behind business, don’t use blog as a tool to vent, complain and discuss details of your personal life. You use blog to converse with your customers, so blog should be as professional as your newsletter and phone conversations with customers.

It is great to post a story about how you helped a client get an important product out on time, and how proud that made you feel. It might not be appropriate to post a story about an argument you had with a video store clerk over weekend.

* Leverage your Blog. When you are in business, you realize that many customers have similar questions/concerns. Address these concerns in your blog, and when another customer has same concern, link directly to blog entry that answers these concerns.

A blog is an excellent tool to reach potential customers, rank higher in search engines and generate more of ever-important visitor traffic to your web site.