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I went through a 2.5 year marathon when bootstrapping my business. I don't regret it. But if you do something like that, you must take care of sleep, eating, exercise and stress as your first priorities. And I always made time for
family. What did I cut out? Dating, making friends, a lot of leisure activities. I did some, of course, but work was the highest priority on my mind. The payoff was that I got a significant amount of work done, and had more ideas as well, because business was the subject my idle thoughts turned to. I'll note that I had clear revenue metrics. So while I was living for the future, I also got results and money in the present as well. All that said, it's not without it's costs. I am happier now to be working at a lower pace. On the other hand, my business would have failed without the marathon pace in the first few years. If you make this choice, make it a deliberate one, and take care of the bases. And have outcomes you won't accept. I had clearly defined conditions for when it would have made sense to quit, take the results I had into maintenance mode, and get a job. |