re: Working for yourself

Good luck finding insurance when you work for yourself. My wife has a good job with platinum insurance so we're covered. But when she was doing the stay at home thing to raise the kids, it was a nightmare trying to find decent insurance that actually covered anything at any pay rate. And all those prices were over $1000/mth for nothing.

If I could do it over, I'd go work for a big company and put in maximum 401k and enjoy the ride. If you think your boss is an A-hole you can't work for, wait until you meet your customers.

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I just meant in general.

No need for the attitude. Simple question.

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pretty great.

and man i was being an arse earlier, at least not at first...just simply telling you how you were coming across

Working for yourself requires a lot of discipline and ability to take risks that most are unwilling to take. If you're an idea type personality that jumps around every few years, you may have trouble translating that into a successful business venture.

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And public accounting is a sales business at the end of the day.

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this

forget all the other stuff....this


and OP...do you have your CPA? dont you have to before going on your own?

It’s been 2.5 years for me, and felt the way you did pretty much since my career began.

It’s still work. I’m not always happy with it, and don’t feel truly liberated because of client expectations, but I cannot imagine ever working for another boss. The flexibility to be productive when I feel most productive or up against a deadline is exactly what I needed.

With kids especially, the level of anxiety to meet family obligations and to also sit at a desk for 8+ hours before my work product is ever considered is debilitating. Overall I’m not good at being a butt in seat guy.

Healthcare.gov is asshoe!

Aren't you the lazy frick that refuses to take your trash our or do the dishes when you stay at an airbnb? McDonald's would be good for you

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Lately when I do a good job, my stomach drops and I feel like I'd be better suited doing the same good job for myself.

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I own a business and employ/contract people like you. Grass is always greener, or "I'm not doing that task for what I'm being paid (or not being paid)," and, worst of all, "that's not my job" type person. people think that small to mid-sized business owners are all making multiple millions or even a million/year... I thought my boss was before I became her competition. You get paid last after all the expenses that you didn't foresee as an employee. And you do things for clients that have NO real ROI other than keeping the clients happy.

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I get fed up easily. Even when I do a good job, there's a sense of meaningless that creeps in.

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Your perspective in this isn't a good one. If you're sick of doing remedial tasks that feel like they're a waste of time or meaningless, get ready for being a business owner when you deal in bull shite ALL DAY LONG! You can't just turn your back on clients and business because they're a pain in the arse.

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It seems I can't manage to work for others.

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This is all you do when you own a business!

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I want autonomy to set up my own systems and do things my way.

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This is a real thing and a good perspective. Depending on your industry and size of your business, you will absorb so much pressure from payroll to clients wanting to feel like their time is more important than your time, that you need a truly solid "why" for your endeavor. If you don't have a rock solid reason beyond I feel like wasting time at work for myself is better than someone else, you will hate owning a business because all you do is waste time on satisfying client's ridiculousness. People in remedial jobs at your client's business want to feel important, so they invent ways to complicate your work so they have a way to look down on you and tell your what to do so they feel a sense of control over you, but you just have to deal with it.

If you view your business as one that makes a real difference in people's lives and the community, and you feel that you will do a better job of it than the competition, then go for it, but word of warning - It's more work than you can imagine because you're virtually never off the clock, and the level of bull shite rises to epic proportions.

When you own a business, the business owns you.