See a lot of home run threads and getting started/new idea threads, but I’m wondering how many entrepreneurs have “sort of” made it here?
I’ve been building a small business marketing agency for around a decade. We’ll prob do around 600k this year but no real profit (long story, working on it). I get paid 6-7k as a salary kind of like a normal job I guess.
Started doing some additional consulting work last year to make more money while we restructure the agency business model and now make about 6-7k/mo there as well.
I’m healthy, good marriage, generally doing well. But work is a lot, battling burnout, have a few regrets, etc. Not perfect but not terrible either.
Anyone else feel like their business aspirations have led to a life that kind of plays out more like you have a normal job give or take, vs the big fail / multimillion dollar exit dichotomy that is usually presented?
I earn roughly $10k/m from my business distribution. I recently retired to be a full time stay at home dad. I’m part of a pizza franchise group. I Fucking hate being “retired” at 29.
100% get this - I’m 40 and now have a passive income without any need to work and i’ve stopped using the phrase “retired” and now say “comfortable enough without work but looking at the next challenge to focus on” because ive found people will auto-judge you if your retired before your 60s lol