You are listening to our school holiday bonus episode with Brigette Smith from Small Ideas.

So if you live in Australia you will currently be in the middle of winter school holidays. School holidays is something that comes up a lot in my conversations because it can be a blessing and a curse for many small business owners.

Many of us start our businesses so that we can be around for school holidays and I've loved hearing from many of my guests who deliberately take every holiday off or set strong boundaries during this time.

I have to admit I'm not very good at this. A problem I've always had with my job in PR is that time management can be difficult as a lot of what I do it dependant on the media and their timeline which often doesn't fit in with my own.

I think Winter holidays can be tricky too as the weather isn't the greatest and it is more important to be deliberate about scheduling specific activities in. This is why I've asked Brigette onto today's show.

Brigette Smith is passionate about families having fun and spending more quality time together.

She is a part of Small Ideas which gives families fun on the go and big discounts to hundreds of activities across Melbourne and Sydney so families can do more together for less.

Discounted activities include play centres, cinemas, attractions, animal farms, leisure centres, indoor activity centres and School Holiday camps plus heaps more.

Visit smallideas.com.au for more information.