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.

Leah Groover

I am SO happy to be a business owner. I can’t imagine my life without my dance studio. It has turned out to be one of the least stressful spaces in my life- it is as much my happy place as it is for clients and students. Read More>>

Dolphin Coley

Being a business owner can be extremely stressful, discouraging and overwhelming at times. Sometimes you feel like you’re on top of the world and some days you feel like the world is on top of you. Every now and then as an entrepreneur, I think about what life would have been like if I chose the path of working a 9-5 job. Read More>>

Alexus Anderson

Entrepreneurship has brought a level of fulfillment into my life that I truly value. What many people may not realize is that I’m also still working full time as a nurse, so my life is a balance between my career and the businesses and creative projects I’ve built. Outside of work, I’m writing books, designing for clients, and growing my book club community. Read More>>

Sashell Daniel

I never think about a 9–5 after stepping into full-time entrepreneurship. As a matter of fact, it honestly feels nauseating to even think about it (lol). Read More>>

Alex Duckworth

Girl, I think about this all. the. time! Presence is one of my inspiration words this year, because I am always in my head, and I’m always thinking about ways to make my life better. I’m not afraid of losing and rebuilding businesses at this point, not afraid to start over. That being said: my partner and I are both business owners. Read More>>

Kathleen Cenac

I am, but I would be lying if I said I’d never considered what it could be like to throw in the towel and get a ‘regular’ job. I’d say I’ve had this thought often throughout my time in business, and not always because it’s a difficult season. Sometimes it’s simply about being curious about what life would look like. Read More>>

Demi Gilmore

I think to be happy means to feel at ease, and most business owners likely never feel at ease. It’s always something that’s changing, or something that can be better I mean I could be saying that from the mindset of a perfectionist, but business owners are creatives and I like to think we are like artists. Read More>>