Being a business owner isn’t easy. There are amazing highs, but the lows are often quite intense as well. Somedays it feels like the problems never stop – regardless of how much success you achieve. The problems just grow, evolve, morph. So we asked business owners if they sometimes wonder what it would be like to just have a regular job and have shared some of the highlights below.

Kate Goodyear

I had been working for myself as a yoga teacher at many local studios for a couple years before I decided to open Nectar. I realized that it was not sustainable to continue being a teacher without opening my own studio. Read more>>

Lin Teichman

I am very happy being a creative person; I am not sure who I would be without the ability to “make stuff”. Whereas some people focus on one or two artistic disciplines, I have embraced many over my career. Read more>>

E. “Oscar” Maynard

I love that i can make part of my living from doing my life’s work. I know this is a rarity. I want it to be possible for everyone, which would require a huge overhaul of our priorities and systems as a species. Read more>>

Kelly Hopkins

I am incredibly happy as an artist and creative. Don’t get me wrong, it hasn’t been simple or easy in any way. The journey has been challenging at times, but every up and down has been well worth it-and I’m grateful for it. Read more>>

Kat Hall

I am so happy as an artist. I felt a call from a young age to create music and art, and as hard as I tried to “fit in” and get a normal job and fit in with society, the music kept calling me back. Read more>>