“Would anyone be interested in a mastermind type group? Maybe get together to discuss pain points in our businesses once a week? Share things we've done to over come them ect?”source ↗

“sure I have helpful info to share and other could probably help me from reinventing the wheel a time or two.”source ↗

“Two years in I hit a wall. I was answering emails at eleven o’clock in the evening taking on work beyond my job description and letting clients call my phone all night.”source ↗

“I thought working around the clock was what you had to do but I was simply burning out and beginning to hate my own business.”source ↗

“I’m 45 and I have a successful service based business that I run entirely on my own since 2005.”source ↗

“I work 7 days a week long hours to survive in this economy. My job is pretty physical and I’m getting sick and injured more and more frequently.”source ↗

“How do I restructure my business so that I can afford to take the leap into having permanent employees? My personal credit is crap and I had to do some debt consolidation.”source ↗

“Feeling incredibly overwhelmed about what’s happening. Afraid of disappointing people, will it all be good enough? Fears of getting cancelled or something over minor typos or someone criticising what I do”source ↗

“I’ve been trying to figure out a million details and things on my own in a short time and been so non stop that I’ve felt like I’ve been in a continuous panic attack for days. Even physically sick from it.”source ↗

“I don’t have anyone I can talk to about this in my life..”source ↗

“My problem is that I'm getting sucked into the day-to-day operations and I run out of time to market the place.”source ↗

“The problem is that I'm running it alone and it's just too much.”source ↗

“I overdid it when I was starting out and am now trying to recover from plantar fasciitis, golfer's elbow, tendonitis and bursitis in my hands - generally overusing my body for long hours.”source ↗

“Working Saturdays. Did it for a decade. Did a number to my mental health.”source ↗

“it’s feeling like insane pressure and expectations to keep up with”source ↗

“I know I need a break but I also feel like I can’t take it like I NEED to get everything sorted you know?”source ↗

“a mí también me costó soltar el control, batallé para encontrar gente de confianza hasta que una de mis empleadas se quedó a comisión y ahí sí le mete ganas.”source ↗

“I dumped the 9-5 routine. Now I work 6:30am to 6:00pm LOL”source ↗

“Four months in, and I feel like I have no idea what I’m doing. I went from hitting the ceiling at my last company to feeling like I can’t keep my head above water at this new one.”source ↗

“I’ve also always been on a team of two and this role is a department of one.”source ↗

“I’ve expressed my struggles and desire to become a strong HR rep to my boss. I’m already experiencing fatigue, as well imposter syndrome and total lack of confidence.”source ↗

“burnout hit me about 18 months into running my own thing. i kept thinking i just needed to push through it, that it would get better once i hit the next milestone. it didn't.”source ↗

“now that I am on my own things take a lot longer and I feel like I could be doing better and that we are behind schedule because of me”source ↗

“this has been stressing me out a lot or maybe I am just being too hard on myself, I feel like he is testing me so how should I talk to him about it without sounding like I am not ready to be working alone”source ↗

“I went from Senior Admin to one-man consulting back to Senior Admin. You are literally the salesman, marketing, customer support, after hours support, and on the road all the time. I couldn't do it for a year and had to leave that life.”source ↗

“I learned that you need to really make sure you have a good social network built up and a client list longer than you think... Even if you maintain enough clients to survive, you are now the salesman, architect, engineer, and support for whatever solution you provide. It's a heavy, heavy weight and you probably aren't living like a king either.”source ↗

“This was me. My exposure to all this definitely made it easier. Easier, not easy.”source ↗