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I work 6 days a week at my day job (usually until about 7pm at night), and in the evenings and on my one day off we run our business. My wife also works full time, but she's "only" 40 hours a week, so she's able to help in the afternoons while I'm still at work.
Fuck everyone who plays into the whole hustle/grind culture. This shit is NOT fun. This shit doesn't make me more "manly". This shit is not admirable. It's fucking stupid, it's a lot of work, and it's a great way to make me start hating the industry I'm in.
Having said that, if I don't work my ass off getting this business to be extremely successful, then I'll never leave this 6-day-a-week job. The pay is too good and there's no way a 3-time felon like myself can land another six-figure job elsewhere working less hours.
So our business is my current exit plan. This time last year when we were getting everything off the ground it was brutal. There's so much planning that goes into properly launching an ecommerce operation. But, we have our first year behind us and things are going really well!
Again, it fucking sucks. Like, it suuuuucks to have this schedule. But I know in 5 years I'm going to be so glad I took the time to do this now.