The hardest I ever worked hands down was when I owned my own business. 70-80 hour workweeks at least...went to bed thinking about all the things I had to do and worried about all sorts of problems. It was the worst sleep I ever got.
I would not say "despite your politics." You're the person the Democrats have always championed and continue to.
I suppose you would like the other benefits granted in Western European countries like no cost universal health care, 6 weeks paid vacation and 6 weeks paid maternity/paternity leave.
I thought being your own boss was supposed to be awesome.
A quick Google shows your post to be incorrect so I’ll just leave it at that. Try for yourself if you’d like.
I was actually being groomed for the ministry until I was a little older than 12. I came from a very devout family whose widowed mom married a Southern Baptist minister. Even before that, I was the youngest person the church ever accepted for baptism (bet they'd like a do over). That all ended up being enough to vaccinate me from getting a case of any kind of religion.
For 17 years I worked two jobs, 7 days a week, 9 months a year. Now I'm down to one job. Hazzah!
My sarcasm skills must be getting rusty
It has its perks, but you’re almost always worried about something and you never truly have time off even when you’re taking time off.
And make WWAAAYYYY more money usually and at least have more control over their lives (while they are still in business).
Folks I know who were self employed did spend some long hours-until they figured out they could hire others at a predictable wage to worry about half the shit they worried about ... .and they learned to spend some time spending their money
Narayana Murthy, the co-founder of Infosys, has notably advocated for young professionals in India to work 70 hours a week to boost the country's productivity and economic growth.
Wait so you're saying that all those advertisements talking about a side hustle making high 6 figures and only having to work 20 hours a week are a lie?
There's nothing wrong with those professions. The work needs to be done and we should respect people that are willing to put in hard work like that. Though most ditches are now dug by machine and the guy certified to drive the machine is making pretty decent money.
To ever really get over the hump in a small business one has to hire people and stop trying to do everything.
