The Balance of Life

Filed in archive Philosophy on May 10, 2009

Like many high pressure careers, bootstrappers face a problem that can sometimes be difficult. It is a problem for which no pat answers or prefabricated solutions are available. The problem: maintaining a balance between your entrepreneurial endevears and the rest of life.

You do have a life, don't you? You should.

Inc. had a piece recently that looked at the balance between work and marriage. The story, by Meg Cadoux Hirshberg, is written from the prospective of an entrepreneur's wife. She starts with this:

Slide into bed with an entrepreneur, and you wind up cuddling with his business. At a certain point, the entrepreneur's spouse has to answer the question: Are you in or are you out? It is a question that surfaces in many forms over time. Are you in? In for as long as it takes this business to succeed? In for what is potentially a lifetime of financial risk? Or are you out? Out of patience, out of tolerance, out of your mind with stress and the bitterness of dreams deferred?

While many careers pose unique problems for married couples, the life of an entreprenuer can be hard on a marriage. Hirshberg's article is worth reading.


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