Long story short, I started it in 2022, got a turnover of 3.000.000€ this year. I’m in the construction business. It’s have had its up and downs, been close to selling a couple often times but never did.
But to get to the point, damn I feel lonely. Lost almost all my old friends on the way here and starting to feel that perhaps it was not worth it?
Do you guys still keep in touch with old friends?
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a lot. You need someone within the same level whether you are poor or rich. Rich is lonelier since it is minority and attract jealousy. I gather my middle to upper class friends and reduce interaction with my working class friends. I got healthier since then. It reduces my lower level friends’ sadness since my presence triggers their insecurity and reminds them of their financial stress.
It’s a thing for sure. Common with small business owners. You aren’t alone.
All the time. I’m still in the baby stages and I have nobody to talk to about it. I live far away from home, from my family, so I can’t talk to them about my business struggles cause they can’t see it. I can’t talk to my “friends” here because they have 1040 jobs. They envy that I can do what I want on the days I’m not at my part time pizza delivery job. They’ll ask me when I show up for my shift, what’d you do on your day off, just chill? And I’ll just say yea but in reality, I worked on my business and made more in five hours than they do all week. Then, I have friends that are very successful entrepreneurs, but they had a community, funds, families, to help, so they don’t understand my struggle either of having to wear all the hats in my business cause I can’t get a business loan and I don’t have anybody to ask with my personal life, being a dog dad is hard when you don’t have anybody to ask for help. So I’m stuck in the middle. Not at the level of my successful friends and not at the level of the working class either.
I just stopped talking about my entrepreneurial journey period. Let them make assumptions of my life. It sucks but that’s the reality.
Entrepreneurship is the loneliest profession one can choose. Its true.
Yes all the time, golf is helping a lot recently but its tough to find people that have common problems. Trouble is a lot of people in similar positions are also busy most of the time running their own businesses.
I can relate to this. Building something successful often comes with sacrifices people on the outside do not see. It is easy to lose touch when work takes over, but it is never too late to reach out and rebuild some of those connections. Even a small circle of the right people makes the journey feel less lonely.
Hearing you say that, I feel exactly the same way. I have achieved a lot through my hard work, but I am always lonely. I know that feeling, success is sweet, but sometimes it feels like you lose more than you gain
It’s always a lonely in this journey bro
we have a community where entrepreneurs get together and support each other, you are welcome to join us
The reality is that I believe it is something that is sacrificed in order to become an entrepreneur. Anyone who tells you that they have not had to prioritize their friends a little more than those who did not do so. But like everything in life, entrepreneurship is not the only thing that has an opportunity cost.