Why I’m an entrepreneur

Having a house to do things in and a family to do them with/for has helped breed more creativity and magic in my life than I ever had before when I lived by myself with nothing tying me down.

I live on on a $20,000/year salary because I can choose when and where I work. I can take the morning off and work late. I can work in the morning and take the evening off. I can travel for months at a time while working on my startup—like I did on a three month trip through Europe a few years ago, and planning to again this fall."

I'm an entrepreneur so I can look anyone who is being an asshole in the face, and tell them to go fuck themselves.

I imagine that depends on who you are and what motivates you. For me, I found the opposite. Physically it's absolutely no harder than any other low-paid, long-hours job. Mentally it's very taxing but only because it's (usually) hugely creative - it's no harder than working in a salaried role where there's an expectation that you'll be creative all day. There's an element of difficulty beyond a normal job that comes from the level of independence - you can't slack off because things just won't get done - but that's not very different to having a difficult boss. Essentially you become your own difficult boss. And you always have the awesome incentives that both the short- and long-term rewards are potentially much better (freedom, interesting work, perhaps a huge payday at the end).

I've done career jobs and I've done startups. Startups were easier for me.

I've recently found myself at somewhat of a crossroads. I have an idea that I think is going to be able to make decent money. Not FU money, but more than enough to live the way I want.

But I've been looking at going back to full time work for someone else... And I'm unsure on where I should go. I have time, I'm only 23, and I can get away with mistakes (I live in a country with an excellent safety net, and a pretty okay family -- they would prefer I get a "real" job though).

Glad to see someone out there is living my ideal life though :) maybe I'll spend tomorrow crunching some numbers to see how feasible it is.

I thought maybe a blood vessel had burst inside my head and my vision was about to go.

"I can travel for months at a time while working on my startup—like I did on a three month trip through Europe"

Honestly curious how she manages to do this financially ?