Living Your Best Life Without Sacrificing Your Music School Income

This week was one for the books.

🏖️ Hit a much-needed beach trip. That’s gotta be my fav place to breathe and clear my head.

🎶 DJ’d with Wind Down again. My favorite part? Meeting new people every time we have an event.

🎢 Spent a full day at Disneyland with like 20 friends. Part of the group took up an entire boat on the Pirates ride LOL.

It was packed, but the best part? I didn’t have to rearrange anything, feel guilty about rescheduling, or stress about losing money while living my life.

There was a version of me who’d feel conflicted every time friends asked to plan trips or when I got offered the opportunity to perform. The idea of missing a lesson or taking time off felt like I was losing out—both financially and personally. If you’ve been running your music school most of your career, I’m sure you know that feeling too.

But here’s the thing: with the Lifestyle Music Teacher model, you can build your music business to support your life, not the other way around. The key I’ve learned is to *prioritize margin—*meaning I can take time away, recharge, and return to my work feeling more energized, creative, and focused.

Instead of being tied down to back-to-back lessons or stressing over “potential students” when taking a day off, your biz can give you freedom to enjoy life. And when you’re teaching, you’ll show up more refreshed and ready to give your best to your students. ❤️

The traditional way held me back from fully enjoying the things I love. That’s why our teachers, like Emily, thrive when they’ve added more margin to their lives—Remember to celebrate not just music school wins, but the personal wins too.

-Ben

PS: If you saw my Space Mountain pic on my Instagram…I swear it’s not that scary 🤣

P.P.S: Planning to open our Lifestyle Music School Mastermind soon. Got some new resources/bundles that I’m launching with the doors opening so if you wanna be added to the waitlist, DM me “waitlist” on IG and I’ll add you to the list