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RE: Have you ever had to Start Over?
dam that is a shame I reckon it would be very hard to find the motivation to start over in business because you know what it takes. Will be cool to see your travels around the country
Hey buddy, yeah it's kind of funny, for a long time I've always thought about the day I'd eventually do something else and in some ways I've actually been looking forward to it, but I tend to get comfortable in things and also the money was too good to just walk away from.
My busines partner said he could never go back to working a real job. I'm kind of torn, part of me would almost welcome the lack of responsibility, but at the same time there's definitely are things about having a job that suck, although honestly I've had less time off and less vacations since I left my fulltime job than since I've been working for myself. I know everyone thinks Entrepreneurship means freedom and it is nice in that I have more flexibility in my time, but overall I put in more time than working.
At my old job I'd get 3 weeks of vacation a year and I'd take every last day. Ever since I left I maybe take 7 days off a year if that and for the past couple years I havn't even done that, I've done a couple long weekends maybe taking a Monday off.
That's one shortfall or lesson from my business and actually a topic I'm going to be making a video about which is that if you don't have systems and processes in place you have a job not a business. Nothing wrong with having a job and I'd take working for myself any day but my business was never to the point I could take 2 weeks off and it would run without me.
I'll be curious to see how much I travel, we'll see if my girlfriend goes for it but I have been wanting to maybe take some time off and clear my head, would like to drive across the country and do a road trip and see a few places and figured maybe I could try to connect with some fellow Youtubers and Steemians and maybe grab a beer, talk business, do some in person filming if any people are up for it.
Next couple weeks will be pretty hectic but after that I should be spending a lot more time on here and Youtube I'd imagine.