What They Don’t Tell You About Being An Entrepreneur

I don't understand why keeping a reasonable work-life balance is impossible.

  Recruit help if you absolutely need it,

  stop doing the things that don't matter,

  or just slow down.

I think the emotional rollercoaster applies to anything you do where you have a large personal stake in it and yet it's new, innovative, and unproven. I remember feeling that way with several of my volunteer & employment projects, even though the outcome wouldn't make a financial difference to me either way.

It's exacerbated when you actually start working on your startup, though, because you have so much more invested. If it's just your idea, then it's only your pride at stake. When you start backing it up with your own money and large amounts of your time, it can become overwhelming unless you specifically try not to think about it.

It's gotten to the point where when my friends ask me how the startup's going, I answer "Depends when you ask. Right now, pretty well, but if you asked me this morning, I'd tell you that we're doomed."

Try this one after that: http://youtube.com/watch?v=sEbgB6X6S5c