All,
Looking for thoughts and opinions to help me work through my thoughts.
Started my business 8 years ago just rocking it solo - added guys/crews/trucks on over the past 8 years.
Did $525k gross last year. The money is pretty good, although it is not easy. Managing 6-9 guys, 4 vehicles and countless customers is taxing… stressful. I don’t have the time to get out and clean glass like I used to. Phone rings too much, too many questions from my guys, quotes to give, books, etc yada yada.
I have a stay at home wife with 3 kids. It’s “nice” to be home with them throughout the day, although I don’t interact with them the same way as when I “get home” from work. Too many distractions on the phone, incoming calls, etc to deal with that end up interrupting time with my kids.
In many ways I feel like I am sacrificing quality of time with my kids for quantity of time with them.
If I scale my business back down to solo work I get benefits of less stress, less responsibilities, less overhead, less BS to deal with on a daily basis.
The trade off is I will make less money and will have to work harder (physically) for it. I will also have less quantity of time with my family at home as I will be out 8 hrs day/4-5 days/week.
I can support my family and fulfill my financial obligations going solo. So I am not trapped by any means. I am just curious if this is one of those grass is greener on the other side sort of things, or if it would truly make me a happier person and better dad if I have less job-related stress interfering with my relationships with my wife/kids.
Anyone been in this boat before?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.