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Wuh? Yes starting a business is HARD, but you don't need to cut out everything else in life.

Yes, things GO UNBLANCED, but you still can live and enjoy life.

When I was starting, it was WORK, GYM, FRIENDS (had very few since I was in a new city) and SLEEP.



Where are you getting this idea that you have to ditch your family if you start a business?

My mindset was if I can cut out most "luxuries", then I can focus on the most important. I know I am one to go extreme with things, and I obviously lost my sense when I began to contemplate "family" in that mix.

I think I overindulged in the videos/books of startup founders, where they talk about how much they had to sacrifice to build their start up and how they just lived/breathed their businesses for years.

I guess I'm trying to implement this idea of "sacrifice for the short term, so you can enjoy in the long term"

but yea everyone on here is spot on, I shouldn't even be considering this as an option.
 
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O tvuqqif vemloph vu nz vuyod genomz nincist 2 ziest ehu...
Pu emdujum, pu dohesivvit, pu qesvzoph pu puvjoph, katv 'iyidavoph'.
Nz mogi jet onqsuwif e muv, epf O xomm piwis hu cedl..
Vji nusi zua tedsogodi, vji nusi zua iesp O vjopl.
Iwip vjuahj , O en puv tasi ziv.
Vjev xet nz vjoploph vuu. Gus ni genomz otp’v vuyod, katv e cov fztgapdvoupem. Puvjoph tuni xusl dep’v nipf.

Fu zua tii epz gavasi simevouptjoq civxiip zua epf genomz?
 
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Fu zua tii epz gavasi simevouptjoq civxiip zua epf genomz?

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Nezci upmz gus taswowem, cav vjev xet puv nz deti.
 
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Nezci upmz gus taswowem, cav vjev xet puv nz deti.
Ziq, O apfistvepf.
 
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Vji xsuph xunep/nep dep dunqmivimz lomm zuas xomm vu fu tvagg..
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O vjopl O uwisopfamhif op vji wofiut/cuult ug tvesvaq guapfist, xjisi vjiz veml ecuav jux nadj vjiz jef vu tedsogodi vu caomf vjios tvesv aq epf jux vjiz katv mowif/csievjif vjios catopittit gus ziest.

O haitt O'n vszoph vu onqminipv vjot ofie ug "tedsogodi gus vji tjusv visn, tu zua dep ipkuz op vji muph visn"

cav zie iwiszupi up jisi ot tquv up, O tjuamfp'v iwip ci duptofisoph vjot et ep uqvoup.

O xupfis xjev't vji quopv op sinuwoph upi ug vji qommest ug jeqqopitt, xjodj ot genomz, vu hiv epuvjis upi, xjodj ot gopepdoem xiemvj. Caomfoph e catopitt ot jesf xusl, puv huoph opvu timg-onqutif notisz.
 
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O'f katv moli vu quopv uav vjev vjisi ot e foggisipdi civxiip 'tudoem mogi' epf genomz simevouptjoqt. Pu upi xju ot zuas gsoipf us e fidipv nipvus xuamf etl zua vu howi aq vji mevvis, epf O'n pupi vuu tasi vjev howoph aq vji gusnis gus 2-3 ziest ot qesvodamesmz jiemvjz, iovjis.

Zua jewi 168 juast iwisz xiil. Atoph 56 ug vjin gus tmiiq, 40 ug vjin gus e fez kuc, 2-4 qis fez gus iwiszvjoph imti (ievoph, jzhoipi, dunnavi, zuas genomz, ivd.), tvomm miewit zua nusi vjep 40 - epuvjis gamm-voni kuc't xusvj - vu dsievi ipvsiqsipiasoem tadditt. Ati vjin dussidvmz epf zua dep jewi ov emm.

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O'f katv moli vu quopv uav vjev vjisi ot e foggisipdi civxiip 'tudoem mogi' epf genomz simevouptjoqt. Pu upi xju ot zuas gsoipf us e fidipv nipvus xuamf etl zua vu howi aq vji mevvis, epf O'n pupi vuu tasi vjev howoph aq vji gusnis gus 2-3 ziest ot qesvodamesmz jiemvjz, iovjis.

Zua jewi 168 juast iwisz xiil. Atoph 56 ug vjin gus tmiiq, 40 ug vjin gus e fez kuc, 2-4 qis fez gus iwiszvjoph imti (ievoph, jzhoipi, dunnavi, zuas genomz, ivd.), tvomm miewit zua nusi vjep 40 - epuvjis gamm-voni kuc't xusvj - vu dsievi ipvsiqsipiasoem tadditt. Ati vjin dussidvmz epf zua dep jewi ov emm.

Iyvsinit esi vji mayasz ug zuavj. Veli ov gsun tuniupi umf ipuahj vu ci zuas hsepfne, vjisi ot opfiif tadj e vjoph et xusl/mogi cemepdi, iwip gus nommoupeosit. Cioph sivosif otp'v emm ov't dsedlif aq vu ci, cz vji xez. Qmezoph emm vji voni xuamf ci qsivvz cusoph.
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"Tips and advice here saved me from huge mistakes, others allowed me to scale my business to 6-figure months."
— User MitchC
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— User Richard Peck

"You are the average of the five people you surround yourself with."
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