lone_ghost Loc: Wisconsin

My wife sat me down today when I got home and "she had that look in her eye". With finishing school and working, I have not put in less than 16 hrs a day for about two weeks straight now, no days off. I come home and am asleep in my chair within 15 minutes. I have not got to go hunting, I had to hire someone to take care of my animals, I have lost 10 pounds, (not necessarily a bad thing) but she is worried about me (so are my employees) and put me in my place a little while ago.

I am not allowed to work for two days. Do you have any idea how hard that is going to be for me, I am building a business? She means NO WORK...PERIOD!

I never should have hired her sister to be my office manager, she tells Terri everything. They have conspired against me just because I fall asleep in my truck in the parking lot, my office, the break room, basically anytime I stop moving for more than five minutes. LOL

I should have thought through my hiring a little better, 3/4 of my employees are female and they all know my wife pretty well. My sister in law has kicked me out of my own office, my wife hid my tablet and phone (that have everything on them) And told me I have to rest for two days, what am I five?

Ok that was my side of the coin.

My wife's side of the coin is that I am exhausted, my BP is way too high, 145 over 95.
Losing 10 pounds in two weeks is not healthy, if I am not actively involved in something, I fall asleep, no if's and's or but's about it. I fell asleep at a stop light the other day.

I guess what gets my goat is that Tanya re-arranged my schedule to clear two days with out talking to me, her and my wife totally blindsided me with this. That kind of pisses me off to be honest. Good intentions or not.

But, the more I think about it I have been pushing myself way too hard, I can feel it too. I hired Tanya not because she is my wife's sister, (well that might have been part of it) but she is very good at what she does. Ego aside, she runs this business more than I do, but that is what I hired for right? I just need to let her do it (not easy). I am not a micro manager but I would like to be more than my signature on a couple hundred pieces of paper every day.

I have not done any research, or written one page in weeks, I have been building websites, networking, dealing with contractors, suppliers, the freaking government, lawyers, solicitors, and my personal favorites, the local chamber of commerce, building inspectors, city council, and zoning commission. Jesus, I have kissed so much ass my goatee is starting to thin out.

Welcome to starting a small business. Tanya thinks I should let her handle more of this, maybe I should, she is way meaner than I am, and has a hell of lot more experience dealing with these people than I do. I think I am going to promote her from office manager to business manager, let her deal with this s**te, I will just be the CEO. You know that is not a bad idea, make her like my VP.

Ehh, she would definitely want a raise, an assistant, hell she would probably want my office. LOL
My self and my good friend Macallen have been pondering this today, he is only 25 years old though and was raised in an oak barrel so I am not sure how much I can trust him. Now that's funny, I do not care who you are. :lol:

Seriously though, I am not going to do anyone any good if I am dead. I am glad people care about me and will step in if I will not slow down. It is nice to be loved. Those two know me too well, I will not stop until I hit an unmovable force that is more powerful than I am. That force must then proceed to use a sledge hammer to crack open my skull and pour some sense in there. My wife manages to do that with a look, a touch of her hand, and the tone of her voice. Amazing.

Any way, starting a business is way harder than I thought it would be. I consider myself very fortunate as I think about it that these two women love and care about me enough to save me from myself. I guess I have came pretty close to self-destructing from the stress. For the men out there, this is why God wants us to have a woman, they are smarter than us, and if you get a really good one, they are the only serenity you could ever need.

Oh yeah, if you start a business, do it a lot younger than I am.

73STNGLKABEE

Thanks for the wisdom within this post, she only wants the best for you and you could probably use a little break, esp if it gets your BP up. Listen to your better half. At the same, its admirable your determination to succeed s a small biz owner. That's most impressive, if we all had that drive, wed be a better, more independent country my friend.

lone_ghost Loc: Wisconsin

Cannot disagree with you there man. On all points.

Loki Loc: Georgia

I kind of envied my chef d'affair/sous chef. He made a very nice salary, worked fewer hours than me, and didn't have to listen to the owner's bulls**t at the end of a 12 hour day. Manager ain't all it's cracked up to be. For that matter, neither is owner, unless you hire a glutton for punishment like myself to be your manager.

Puds Loc: So Centrl MN

If your business begins to collapse in 2 days, you will find
the area(s) that need attention. Do something you have wanted to do. If there are no hunting seasons open, go to the zone
anyway. With seasons closed, hunting areas will be without stress without the self-competition to bag a limit
Go wash your truck. Go to lunch with your wife. Get
a life. Buy a motorcycle.

lone_ghost Loc: Wisconsin

I have a motor cycle but with 3 inches of snow on the ground I am not likely to be out riding it. Took a horse back ride about 6 this morning, that was nice, snow falling, quiet, very relaxing.

Puds Loc: So Centrl MN

[quote=lone_ghost]I have a motor cycle but with 3 inches of snow on the ground I am not likely to be out riding it.

C'mon, where's your spirit of adventure?

alex Loc: michigan now imperial beach californa

I hope no liberals read this they think work is one of those four letter words

cold iron Loc: White House

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Now remember if you become successful and make a lot of money you will be demonized for all your hard work by the left wing nuts. lol

alex Loc: michigan now imperial beach californa

cuz liberals think work is a nasty four letter word

Loki Loc: Georgia

No, he will be demonized for wanting to keep it, instead of giving it to Uncle Sugar for redistribution.

cold iron Loc: White House

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Your right, I forgot about that...

Puds Loc: So Centrl MN

And reality has no bearing on the role of a small business owner. Should an individual begin or resume ownership of a small business, only another small business owner understands the frustrations that may or may not lead to the successful operation of a business. Many small businesses do not receive taxpayer funded grants, subsidies, or loans, nor do many tax-payers recognize that as an admirable independence. Small businesses play a significant role in job creation and economic stability, but the sacrifices in resources and worries from so many outside influences are often below the radar of the general public. It can be assumed that if you operate a small business, much of your time is spent directing some under paid, abused, soul to stack pallets of barrels full of greenbacks. The sleepless nights, the struggles to meet payroll, changes in liability and insurance, the Affordable Care Act, the strain on relationships, the missed family and social functions....
I wrench and play with my motorcycles as time allows while the snow accumulates. It's odd how splitting wood can be one of those activities that distracts you from the elected meatheads whose self declared profundity distorts reality into chaos.