I have invested £100,000 in starting a new business i work on the project 16-18hrs a day every day!?

Question

My girlfiend thinks should i stop what i am doing to do daily jobs around the house that generate no income potential please start your answer with agree or disagree and you reasons thank you

Answer 1

I disagree.

You should continue focusing in your dreams and aspiriations. Unless your girlfriend has control over the purse strings, you should be free to follow whatever pursuits you wish barring it doesn't put you or other people in physical harm's way.

When you start a business, it's just like a baby that needs constant supervision, nurturing, and development. You're technically a mother and your business venture is your child.

Women get upset at men who are workaholics that devote all their attention and focus on their job, but they don't realize that developing your career is like "Corporate Motherhood."

The only thing you should really ask yourself is if you can find a way to work smarter and not harder. A lot of people attempt to do business start-ups, but they aren't able to set them up properly or find a way to prevent overworking themselves to a point where it becomes a failed business.

A failed business is like a "Corporate Miscarriage." It's when all your efforts fail to reach fruition to where you can't give birth to a self-sustaining Corporate Entity that can function independently of you.

The way you're devoting 16 - 18 hours a day is very much like a mother taking care of a newborn baby that is crying in the middle of the night and you have to care and tend to that newborn.

You don't get any sleep. You're constantly watching and monitoring the baby. You have to clean up after it every time there's a mess. It takes up your entire life.

The more time and money you invest into this business endeavor, the more it will suck you in. The deeper you are involved in it, the more difficult it is to break away or separate if you find that it's a bad business venture.

That's how a lot of people who invest a lot of money go broke because they try to rescue the financial investment to keep it from sinking to a point where it can no longer be saved.

You want to be careful that you don't fall into a similar rut. I don't know what your business is, but if you can find experts or other business analysts willing to donate their time or provide you with some advice for a small business fee, it may be worth the investment if it will help you streamline your efficiency and cut down on the amount of hours you have to spend each day since it sounds like it's taking up your entire life.

If you don't find a way to fix that, it will start to affect other aspects of your life negatively as it appears to be doing with your relationship with your girlfriend.

Answer 2

You need to back off on the time spent on the business, or you will not have a girlfriend. Part of being in a committed relationship means helping out around the home. It does not matter what hours you put in at work, you eventually have to go home and live. If your girlfriend feels like she is being treated as a maid, and taking care of everything in the day to day running of the household, she will be gone or will eventually kick you out. You need to do both. I bet you have a nice home to go home to, don't you???? You know the old saying of you don't know what you've got till it's gone...you are headed there. Hope the money will take care of you and love you and cherish you, because you may end up rich and lonely. Sorry if this is blunt, but I have seen this happen too many times. If she is asking for help in the home, she is nearly at the end of her rope; and you may be living in your business office soon, and if you work from the home...you won't be. If you are currently working out of the home, you can use the time saved on commuting to contribute to the household chores. If you lived by yourself, wouldn't you do the housekeeping.... Good luck