[throwaway2019Z]

I've been chronically ill for over a decade and founded my first company last year. Perhaps the hardest truth I've had to learn to accept is that I simply do not have as many hours in the day as a healthy person. I spend at least 2 hours a day physically managing my illness, not to mention the mental overhead of my illness being at back of my mind constantly. So I've had to either become more efficient, hire and delegate more effectively, or come to terms with the fact that I can only expect so much output from myself (I've done all three).

As far as finding balance in my life - I've done a terrible job at it, but I was creating a novel product and rushing to get it to market. If I had to do it again, I probably would have done the same thing.

My company is not yet successful and my finances are dwindling, so I'll going to pick up some contract work and build up my reserves again. When I've got enough money saved for another 12 month run at my company, I'm going to jump right back in.