| OP, kudos for making this post. It takes courage to admit this, and self-awareness to realize you needed to do it. There is some excellent advice in this thread. I am just chiming in to tell you to have hope. Right now, this feels like the darkest point of your life. But there is a bright side. Because your problem boils down to this: too many people want to pay you money. And it's really a problem. It's made your life miserable. For a couple of months I briefly had this same problem. It doesn't sound like one, but it is. I did what this thread is telling you to do: 1. I raised rates.
2. I eliminated work and clients that weren't serving my goals
3. I delegated work I could outsource
4. I made processes so much work could be handled automatically. Before: Lots of money, horrendous stress, no time After: Quite a bit of money, almost no stress, complete freedom of time (I chose to eliminate most consulting, which is why my income went down. It sounds like your income will actually go up) I couldn't be happier with choosing to turn things around. It's totally achievable. You can have your cake and eat it too. Your business will switch from a burden to something that actually does liberate you. There are several substantial responses. Read through them, act on them. Good luck! (And one comment highlighted something I want to add on: if you've actually thought about killing yourself, and have made a plan – seek help. Trust me, it all gets better.) |