{"id":390,"date":"2016-02-16T16:27:33","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T00:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torawriting.com\/sandbox\/?p=390"},"modified":"2017-06-13T11:38:44","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T18:38:44","slug":"the-joys-of-business-ownership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torawriting.com\/sandbox\/the-joys-of-business-ownership\/","title":{"rendered":"The Joys of Business Ownership"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>(Or, how I went from worker bee to entrepreneur.)<\/h1>\n<p>The joy of being a business owner is that you can do what you want when you want, right? Not so much.<\/p>\n<p>People keep telling me that I need to work ON my business, not IN it. Translation: do things to grow your business, let other people do the work of your business. The problem: I don\u2019t have other people. I\u2019m not currently interested in having other people. More to the point, I LIKE doing the work of my business. However, if I want to have a business, then I need to do some of that other stuff too.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_391\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-391\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-391 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/torawriting.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Man_Girl-02-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/torawriting.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Man_Girl-02-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/torawriting.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Man_Girl-02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/torawriting.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Man_Girl-02-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/torawriting.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Man_Girl-02-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/torawriting.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Man_Girl-02-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-391\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brain. Too. Full.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The joy of being a business owner is that I am my own task master. At least I won\u2019t throw myself under a bus \u2013 like previous employers have done. And if I feel like I need to sue my boss for harassment, there\u2019s a bigger problem at hand because that means that I\u2019ve started to believe that at least one of the many voices in my head doesn\u2019t actually belong to me.<\/p>\n<p>(Yes, these are things I think about.)<\/p>\n<p>I was talking with a networking\/referral friend of mine recently \u2013 who also has her own business \u2013 and she sighed, \u201cTo only have one client.\u201d My response: \u201cThat would be a job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006633;\"><strong>We both cringed.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been out of the traditional job world for several years now, and I don\u2019t think I could go back. I say this because the jobs I succeeded in were the ones where I got a project and then let free to work on it. This, alas, is the exception to the job world, not the rule.<\/p>\n<p>I thought I\u2019d be someone else\u2019s worker bee my entire career. Then I wasn\u2019t anymore. Then I realized that I was OK with that.<\/p>\n<p>What I\u2019m realizing is that the real joy of business ownership is the discovery process. What am I good at? What could I outsource in the future? When can I start outsourcing? (Oh, please, when can I start outsourcing?!)<\/p>\n<p>OK, the discovery and the option to work in my most ratty-yet-comfortable clothes \u2013 those are the real joys of business ownership.<\/p>\n<p>My thinking is changing. I\u2019m building confidence (instead of arrogance). I\u2019m learning to balance the ON of my business with the IN of my business. And, as I\u2019ve said before, I\u2019m a happier person.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I still have moments of dread, panic, and impatience. What\u2019s cool, though, is they are not debilitating. They generally provide a lesson \u2013 or insight into how I might do things differently.<\/p>\n<p>No doubt, this gig isn\u2019t for everyone. However, for those with a passion looking for one heck of a learning experience, it is quite a ride.<\/p>\n<p>-Lorrie Nicoles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Or, how I went from worker bee to entrepreneur.) The joy of being a business owner is that you can do what you want when you want, right? Not so much. People keep telling me that I need to work ON my business, not IN it. 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