{"id":233526,"date":"2023-02-24T22:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T03:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coreywilkspsyd.com\/?p=233526"},"modified":"2023-08-08T17:29:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T21:29:24","slug":"is-entrepreneurship-worth-the-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coreywilkspsyd.com\/is-entrepreneurship-worth-the-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Entrepreneurship Worth the Stress?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A few weeks ago, I got a short letter in the mail:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tennessee Department of Revenue was going to take me to collections and dissolve my business<\/strong> because I didn\u2019t pay my taxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fuck.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Entrepreneurship\u2014solopreneurship in my case\u2014is overwhelming and filled with uncertainty on a daily basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s so much you have to keep track of, so many things you have to get done, so many open projects that could take weeks or months to come to fruition\u2026it\u2019s easy for little things (like paying your taxes) to slip through the cracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My LLC is my main source of revenue. So if I can\u2019t do business, I can\u2019t make money. And everything I\u2019m currently building, and the courses I already have out, would have to be taken down or they could be ceased by Tennessee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the end of reading the letter, I was sweaty, nauseous, and was sure my blood pressure had doubled.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But wait<\/em>, I thought. My business is registered in Kentucky, and I have a CPA that handles all that. Why is Tennessee threatening to dissolve my business and ruin my credit?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a series of emails and a few sleepless nights waiting for an answer, it ended up being a simple clerical mistake. Long story short, I used to have a business in Tennessee that I dissolved years ago. But for some reason, Tennessee\u2019s systems hadn\u2019t updated my information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two days after getting that panic-inducing letter, everything was taken care of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But fuck<\/em>, was that a stressful two days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If entrepreneurship is so overwhelming and uncertain, and periodic panic-inducing experiences like this are just par for the course, why would anyone willingly sign up for this particular brand of torture?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Great question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Something happened this week that resolidified why I choose entrepreneurship despite all the stress and uncertainty\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few days ago, my girlfriend went to bed early because she felt unusually tired. Three hours later, she was in excruciating pain, running a high fever, and couldn\u2019t keep anything down (I\u2019ll spare you the details, but you get the picture).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I felt fine, so we weren\u2019t sure what was going on with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She tried to ride it out, but her symptoms eventually got so bad, she needed to go to the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Could it be appendicitis? Food poisoning? Or something worse?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her fever and dehydration were the most worrying symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the sickest I\u2019d seen her in years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So at noon on a Wednesday, I drove her to the hospital to figure out what was wrong.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn\u2019t have to ask my boss for permission, worry about what my coworkers would think about me leaving midday, calculate if I had enough sick time saved up to take off, or commute 45 minutes from the office back home to take care of her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I just left. Because I\u2019m my own boss, I don\u2019t need anyone\u2019s permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had the freedom to take care of a loved one on my terms.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\u2019s fine, by the way. It ended up being a vicious stomach bug. Some meds and IV fluids to address her symptoms and she got discharged that evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This<\/em> is why entrepreneurship is worth the stress and chaos that comes with it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, I could\u2019ve talked about how being an entrepreneur is cool because I get to meet awesome people, buy cool stuff and call it a business expense for a tax deduction, take a vacation whenever, work from wherever, productize my knowledge, get paid to share my thoughts, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And all that\u2019s true. Entrepreneurship can be cool as fuck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But those things pale in comparison to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Never again feeling trapped when a loved one needs you, but you can\u2019t take care of them because your boss won\u2019t give you permission to leave work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The simple joy of walking out of my home office to make eggs and avocado toast with my girlfriend in the middle of the day (yes, we\u2019re Millennials and avocado toast is delicious).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Having control over my time and having the freedom to spend it doing what I love, with who I love, whenever I want, however I want, wherever I want.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    So is entrepreneurship worth the stress?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It\u2019s a fucking rollercoaster of emotions, uncertainty, self-doubt, and white-knuckling your way through the day sometimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    But I\u2019ll gladly choose all that, because of the freedom that comes with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Because everything in life has a price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We can choose to pay the price of freedom to have certainty, or we can choose to pay the price of uncertainty<\/em> to have a chance at freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What price are you willing to pay for the life you want to live?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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