07/20/2023
As accurate as it can get.
Some fortunately understand it, many take it personal and an alarming amount of people try to take advantage and use you as a stepping stone while spitting down. If it wasn't worth it, I wouldn't have kept doing it because it, to ever possible degree, will test you past your limits.
I also 100% know, that if it wasn't a successful business, it would not have weathered the bu****it that has come it's way. Life doesn't care, it's how you prepare and adapt. Cutting self serving and narrowminded people is one way to survive as well.
It also makes it possible when you have the right person by your side and family that cares too, because you'll always feel alone doing it.
"The unfortunate truth of owning and running a business.
Running a business is really hard. Running a business and trying to have a personal life is even harder.
What they don’t tell you is that it can cause severe stress and anxiety, and drains you mentally to the point of depression in even the most laid-back people.
People will talk about you, compare you to others, use you, they will view you as a service and not a person anymore.
Friends and family will expect discounts and people will value you and your hard work less than a big chain store.
You have to worry about if you forget to email/message someone back, are they going to think it was on purpose? Did you disappoint them? Will they hold that against you? When in reality you just can’t get to everyone’s messages and emails.
Starting up and running a successful business puts incredible strain on personal lives and relationships, many of which fail because there is just often no work-life balance.
You need to be the director, the worker, the admin, the marketing team, the accountant, the cleaner..... All while being a parent, a husband or a wife, family support, friend...
There’s a reason you don’t see many people succeed in small businesses after 5-10 years. If they are successful they are overwhelmed.
It takes a toll. It’s freaking exhausting. Especially the past couple of years when so much has been out of our control.
Here’s a small reminder that we are just normal people with hectic lives.
Be kind, be patient, support small businesses…….and hopefully more of us will stick around!
And know that 2022 prices are not 2023 prices, and won't be 2024 prices either.
I copied this from another small business owner that I support.
Please support small business."
