we had those bad days, I usually had no one to blame but myself as I was, the Captain of the ship!

My desk drawer had bottles of tums, Tylenol for headache #325 (self-employed headache) and a lot of other stuff to ease the pain. There was no such things as a 40hr work week and when police called at

Ok, Here's the question. Is being self-employed all that it's cracked up to be? Ask anyone what they think about people who are self employed and I will guarantee you that the first response will be that they are all "rich". Yup, it's true, every self employed person is rich or suppose to be, baloney! Now, ask that same question of a dozen self-employed entrepreneurs and I bet you that you will hear twelve different responses.

Before working for the "man", I was self-employed on the East Coast having owned 4 small businesses; not all at the same time, thank the Lord. Being self-employed has it's pros and cons, ups and downs, good days and bad days etc. I was responsible for making sure that my employees made an income. I was responsible for my making and income and providing myself with Health Insurance and vacations. There was no one there when I was sick to answer the phone to tell them that I was taking a sick day as I had no sick days! I had no paid vacations as when I was lucky enough to take one, it was my own paid vacation and if i shut my business down to take the vacation it was also a loss of income for that period. When days were good I was usually able to thank my employees but when we had those bad days, I usually had no one to blame but myself as I was, the Captain of the ship!

My desk drawer had bottles of tums, Tylenol for headache #325 (self-employed headache) and a lot of other stuff to ease the pain. There was no such things as a 40hr work week and when police called at

ow, ask that same question of a dozen self-employed entrepreneurs and I bet you that you will hear twelve different responses.

Before working for the "man", I was self-employed on the East Coast having owned 4 small businesses; not all at the same time, thank the Lord. Being self-employed has it's pros and cons, ups and downs, good days and bad days etc. I was responsible for making sure that my employees made an income. I was responsible for my making and income and providing myself with Health Insurance and vacations. There was no one there when I was sick to answer the phone to tell them that I was taking a sick day as I had no sick days! I had no paid vacations as when I was lucky enough to take one, it was my own paid vacation and if i shut my business down to take the vacation it was also a loss of income for that period. When days were good I was usually able to thank my employees but when we had those bad days, I usually had no one to blame but myself as I was, the Captain of the ship!

My desk drawer had bottles of tums, Tylenol for headache #325 (self-employed headache) and a lot of other stuff to ease the pain. There was no such things as a 40hr work week and when police called at

ros and cons, ups and downs, good days and bad days etc. I was responsible for making sure that my employees made an income. I was responsible for my making and income and providing myself with Health Insurance and vacations. There was no one there when I was sick to answer the phone to tell them that I was taking a sick day as I had no sick days! I had no paid vacations as when I was lucky enough to take one, it was my own paid vacation and if i shut my business down to take the vacation it was also a loss of income for that period. When days were good I was usually able to thank my employees but when we had those bad days, I usually had no one to blame but myself as I was, the Captain of the ship!

My desk drawer had bottles of tums, Tylenol for headache #325 (self-employed headache) and a lot of other stuff to ease the pain. There was no such things as a 40hr work week and when police called at

was taking a sick day as I had no sick days! I had no paid vacations as when I was lucky enough to take one, it was my own paid vacation and if i shut my business down to take the vacation it was also a loss of income for that period. When days were good I was usually able to thank my employees but when we had those bad days, I usually had no one to blame but myself as I was, the Captain of the ship!

My desk drawer had bottles of tums, Tylenol for headache #325 (self-employed headache) and a lot of other stuff to ease the pain. There was no such things as a 40hr work week and when police called at

we had those bad days, I usually had no one to blame but myself as I was, the Captain of the ship!

My desk drawer had bottles of tums, Tylenol for headache #325 (self-employed headache) and a lot of other stuff to ease the pain. There was no such things as a 40hr work week and when police called at 2am to tell me that the business alarm was going off, there was no one else to call to have them get dressed, clear a snow path to the car to meet the police at the business door. I could go on and on and on, but you get the picture! There is so so much that one has to endure being self employed, HOWEVER, let me say this to you; that after working for the man for the past three years and putting up will all the everyday garbage and having to bite my lip ten times a day in fear I might say something wrong and upset the "man", I would give it all up to be back self-employed again. So, if you are self-employed and you are experiencing all of the above, thank yourself for the good days, thank yourself when you make accomplishments, thank yourself for having the type of employee that you would be and keep one thing in mind from one who has been there; the grass isn't always greener in the other yard!