Why work 40 hours for someone else when you can work 80 for yourself and the future you want.
Congratulations on taking a risk for wanting something better for yourself and family. Its insanity how much the standard workforce is expected to do in the same amount of time while endless cuts are made and wages become stagnate. In a situation like that you just never know when they will cut your hours next for the same reason but expect the amount of work out of you.
I’m glad you gave it some thought of what to do incase things don’t work out. Sometimes you just got go for moving forward in life even if it ends up being walking back a few steps.
There's an old saying about entrepreneurs along the lines of "an entrepreneur is someone who will happily work 100 hours a week just to avoid working 40 toward someone else's goals."
That's me through and through. I'm not a normal person, and a normal work schedule doesn't fit with me very well. I'll always do what needs to be done for my family though, even if that means reconforming to society if we need more money.