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8 years ago, I decided to give entrepreneurship my everything.
And it worked out: 3 years ago I finally chose one business model (web design), and made around 15K total from that.
However, it's really not that much after all, not nearly as much for the sacrifices that I made:
For the past 8 years, I've stopped meeting new people, going to the gym, forgot about my hobbies... all just to have the time and focus for business.
And it makes sense to me: It's not clever to go to the gym, when I seriously need to make money right now, to support myself. Even if I try to go and work out, the guilt of not working on my business kills me every time.
My plan is that when I start making enough to support myself (and move out from my parent's apartment), I can start focusing on other areas of my life.
It makes sense to me! I shouldn't focus on more areas of life at once. But the thing is, I've been going all-in for 8 years now... no new friends, no excercise... I even started neglecting my health, hygiene, and other stuff.
The worst thing is, for the first time in my 3 years as a web designer, I lost my direction.
I have decided on my niche, and get to land a new client on average every 3 months. I have no idea how to land more clients.
I found a few problems in the niche, but everything would take another 2-3 years to make me any significant income.
I am in so much stress every day... But I should be! According to my plan, I was supposed to move out 4 years ago, and make that 15K I made in 3 years every month.
The most stressful thing is, I have so much free time. I could be working 18 hours every day. But I have no idea what to work on.
Have you ever reached this phase? I'll be grateful for any thoughts.
And it worked out: 3 years ago I finally chose one business model (web design), and made around 15K total from that.
However, it's really not that much after all, not nearly as much for the sacrifices that I made:
For the past 8 years, I've stopped meeting new people, going to the gym, forgot about my hobbies... all just to have the time and focus for business.
And it makes sense to me: It's not clever to go to the gym, when I seriously need to make money right now, to support myself. Even if I try to go and work out, the guilt of not working on my business kills me every time.
My plan is that when I start making enough to support myself (and move out from my parent's apartment), I can start focusing on other areas of my life.
It makes sense to me! I shouldn't focus on more areas of life at once. But the thing is, I've been going all-in for 8 years now... no new friends, no excercise... I even started neglecting my health, hygiene, and other stuff.
The worst thing is, for the first time in my 3 years as a web designer, I lost my direction.
I have decided on my niche, and get to land a new client on average every 3 months. I have no idea how to land more clients.
I found a few problems in the niche, but everything would take another 2-3 years to make me any significant income.
I am in so much stress every day... But I should be! According to my plan, I was supposed to move out 4 years ago, and make that 15K I made in 3 years every month.
The most stressful thing is, I have so much free time. I could be working 18 hours every day. But I have no idea what to work on.
Have you ever reached this phase? I'll be grateful for any thoughts.
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