Sugar Finally Gets Her Vacation & Treats Herself To These Blueberry Peanut Butter Pupcakes

Today, is my first day back from vacation.  And, after a week of laying in the sun, laughing with my friends, and disconnecting from all things pup business ownership, I’ve come to this conclusion…

Vacations are essential to the pup soul.

Honestly, I should’ve taken one awhile ago.  However, as a pup business owner, it’s very easy to let that vacation time slip through the cracks.  We spend day after day working on our next project, planning how we’re going to achieve our next goal and organizing our creative thoughts. 

Before you know it, those days have turned into weeks and those weeks have turned into a year.  The actual thought of taking a real vacation didn’t even occur to me until a few weeks ago.

I had just gotten a request to do a pupcake pop-up shop at pup business.  Not only would this opportunity help me build relationships with other pup business owners in the area, but it would also be a great way to create some brand recognition for Pupcake Sugar.   

I was extremely excited about the opportunity, and knew I had to get started working on this project immediately.  But, as I sat down and started to paw out some ideas, I was having trouble. 

First, I tried to think of a theme.  I thought of everything from Peanut Butter Heaven all the way down to Poodle Couture.  Nothing stuck, so I moved on to the pupcake menu.  Believe it or not, I have so much trouble trying to think of a pupcake flavor that would work. 

I actually stared at my ingredients with the blankest stare on my face.  I felt like my pupcake creativity was gone and I was completely wiped out.

It was in that moment, when I realized that a vacation was long overdue.  There was no way I was going to be able to be inspired to take on this project without some much-needed rest. 

So, I made a quick bark to my best friend Cynn.  Before I knew it, we were both on our way to our favorite beach for a few days to relax and have a little pup fun.  In the words of Anne Lamott…

And, that’s exactly what I did.  Unplug.  No work.  No answering emails.  Just me and a good time with my BFF.  In fact, a morning smoothie order inspired my first pupcake option on the menu.

I’m not going to preach to you or anyone else why it’s important to take a vacation.  I think we all know how important they are.  The problem is that sometimes we pup business owners get so busy that we just put off scheduling them.  It’s amazing that we can juggle a million different pup-responsibilities at once, but somehow drop the ball taking a break.

So, I decided that instead of falling into the “no vacation this year trap” again, I was going to mark off 2 times a year for my pup-vacation.  This way those vacation days will already be on my calendar, and since they’re the same time every year, it’ll be easier to plan my schedule around those vacations.

These Blueberry Pupcakes With Peanut Butter Frosting are dedicated to building vacations into your busy pup-trepreneur life schedule. 

And of course, we believe that every pupcake has a love story.  So, while your favorite pup is PUPPY LOVIN’ on these pupcakes, we’d love to hear from you.

What do you do to make sure you unplug?  Or, how has building a vacation into your schedule helped you achieve your goals?

Please share your pupcake story in the box below.