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Originally posted by Dawgy
i agree. if someone were to offer me a nice salary id probly be wiling to give up these 20 hour days and massive amounts of stress, even tho it'd mean making less $$ overall
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Granted, in the beginning of building the business I did put in some insanely long stretches, sometimes going 3 days with literally next to no sleep or much to eat even. I was so involved in the learning process and the creation process that time was irrelivant.
But after a few years, your network is seeing a certain level of traffic, maybe some of your sites are scripted so you don't have to mess around with trade adjustments anymore, and the cheques from sponsors are regular almost like clockwork....... so where is the "20 hour days"?? Hell, nowadays it's 1-2 hours max to build and submit a gallery, an hour to do some updating & promoting, half an hour to answer the email, and another hour maybe to develop some new page ideas. And for me, one day every few months I do a big photoshoot with 2, 3, maybe 4 models. Where exactly is this huge time drain? Should anyone in business for themselves really be so rigidly enslaved to it? That really shouldn't be looked on as a "given" should it? When is it time to sit back and reap the rewards you've earned?
Honestly, I really value the fact that I don't have to get up and be at someone else's beck and call on Monday morning at 8 or 9 am. I can sleep in, or get up even earlier and get the day started, it's my choice. Or just scrap the whole day and take off to the park or the beach or yes, maybe even the cabin. Yes, nothing like partying at the good ol cabin, drinking around the firepit. With a job you just have to fit that kind of thing in around the schedule put out for you. I've had enough of other people's schedules, my old boss can shove her schedule up her fat dyke ass. :D
Pete:
Yes, I remember dude. You've come a long way young skywalker.