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.

Donric Mark II

I’m more than happy to be a business owner it’s an understatement to say I’m blessed. I always push people to be a entrepreneur because of the pros that come along with it. For example; the money is infinite(you can always make more), flexible hours, with endless opportunities. I’ve worked numerous 9 to 5 jobs for years. However, each day I prayed to God knowing there was something better for me. With faith & hard work I am now a successful CEO. I don’t knock a 9 to 5 just don’t allow it to consume you or your goals. Read more>>

Monique Castillo

I personally couldn’t imagine myself doing anything else. I went to school, finished my degree, but there was just something pulling me back. At the time, I didn’t understand or see why things were drifting the way they were. I became a mom for the fourth time, and it was like god and the universe was telling me to slow down. Slow down, and embrace these days, these moments. Because once their gone, you don’t get them back. Read more>>

Jessica Marie

Growth. The dichotomy that resurfaces again and again for me as a business owner is achieving the goal I have defined and then immediately raising the bar even higher. Nobody told me in the inception days of Aster Earth (nearly a decade ago), that those big goals you see for the company will only grow once you achieve them. It is in these moments of realization that I reached my goal for the month or year and then immediately adjust my sights higher that I sometimes contemplate purpose. Read more>>