Allan & Steve are the chubby founders of LessEverything. This is their blog, hear them rant, praise, give advice and talk about Just Stuff, Less Accounting, Lovd by Less, More Honey, Less Memories, Code, Business, Design, Marketing
Wow... no really, WOW, I'm a partner of a successful, very profitable web shop that has cool clients with good budgets. We turn down client work daily, how lucky/blessed are we? I work with the killerist people on the Internet! It seems this is the place we've worked for, we're living the dream right?
But still we (Steve and I) are faced with tons of stress, tough business decisions and general life stresses. It's so easy to think, "oh when I make X amount of $$ my life will be awesome. When I go freelance everything will be better. When I move to a bigger house I will be happier. When I get that new car I'll be satisfied." Well, with more money you'll be able to value size that #3 combo meal, but you'll have new, different stresses.
It's so easy to dream about the grass on the other side of the fence. About being a freelancer and working from home, about being your own boss, about having better clients about having a bigger salary. But, life is stress, life is work, life is tough. You will always have hills to climb and things to overcome.
Live in the moment, sure, dream about the future but again, be thankful. Realize that hard work pays, good things come to good honest people and its better to be loved than feared.
3 Responses to “The Grass is Just a Different Shade of Green”
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Thanks Allan. I’ve always dreamed of being in a situation where you are (startup freelancers with great products that the web actually uses) but often my dreaming only leads to my own discontent. Actually, I have a great job and a great life and I should be focused on enjoying that instead of craving someone else’s.
On the other hand, want to invest in my startup LOL?
Someone asked Rockefeller, “How much money is enough.” He responded, “Just a little more.”