I was recently asked to be a guest on The Side Hustle Podcast.
This was going to be a follow-up to my original interview.
Basically, they wanted to touch base and see how my business was going and provide any insight or advice to their audience.
Of course I was happy to do it (and promote myself in any way possible).
I listened to a few episodes from the podcast and I started to get worried that I was setting myself up to be a contributor to “entrepreneur-porn“.
My business is in a different place now. And a lot of the stuff I’ve learned isn’t shiny, fun, or encouraging…
A lot of the stuff I’ve learned is fucking scary.
Here are some scary things that I have dealt with:
- Fear of a lawsuit
- Fear of getting audited
- Fear of getting sick to the point of not being able to work/run my business
- Having no choice but to work with crappy clients because you NEED the money to live
- Not being able to take a day off when you need one
- Missing family/friend/social engagements because of work
- ALL of my websites (i.e. My main sources of income) shutting down because of some back-end stuff that I didn’t understand
- Fear of my whole business model crashing to the ground in flames
Some of those fears are unfounded.
Some of those things actually happened.
I thought my entrepreneurial life would involve relaxing days off, going to lunch with friends, picking up new hobbies and taking it easy.
Sometimes I get to do those things.
Most times I don’t.
This isn’t meant to scare you.
It’s not meant to discourage you.
It’s just a little reality check.
After almost 10 years of doing this the idea of having a normal job where I can clock in and clock out sounds fabulous.
Maybe I’ll start looking.