What even is a “regular” job? Semantics aside, the heart of our question is about those moments when the stress of entrepreneurship is mounting – do you ever sit back and wonder what if you had just been working for someone else, what life would have been like without all the stress?

Isabel Ermoli

The decision to start Tartis was born out of a desire to strike a delicate balance between professional fulfillment and personal responsibilities. After becoming a mother for the second time, the value of flexibility became very important. Starting Tartis was not just a business venture; it was a commitment to my family’s needs and a testament to the entrepreneurial spirit that I wanted to cultivate alongside my role as a parent. Read more>>

Milly Powers

I love being a business owner & honestly can’t imagine ever going back to a 9-5 job. The last “real” job I worked was at a canna farm training trimmers on how to efficiently trim weed because I needed the money during the pandemic. Read more>>

Melania Padilla

I am definitely happy as a business owner: I would do it all over again. Read more>>

Brittany McBrayer

I absolutely love being a business owner. I have had “regular” jobs in the past, and while the companies I worked for were great and I was successful, freedom of time and (especially since having two babies) work life balance have always been at the top of my priority list. My husband and I both have worked for bosses: me in corporate finance and insurance, and he in law enforcement, and we have both SO thoroughly enjoyed entrepreneurship and business ownership we would never go back if we can absolutely help it. Read more>>

Dane Drebin

Well a little bit of both to be honest. I still work for Anthony’s restaurants Monday-Wednesday. There just aren’t that many events in those days and I’m not the kind of person that likes to take days off. If there’s money to be had I’m going to try to get it. It also helps me promote BartenderForHire to people visiting the restaurant. Read more>>

Jaclyn Foote

Starting my own business has been both the hardest and most rewarding thing I’ve ever done. I love being my own boss, but the reality is I’m a one woman show. I had to learn ALL THE THINGS business related while trying to create, promote and build a customer base. It takes self discipline, grit, determination, patience, persistence and time. Read more>>

George Rivera

The restaurant business was brought to me at a young age . My parents decided to take the risk to open up there own restaurant when I was nearly 14 years old . When I first walked in to the kitchen floors I wasn’t aware that it would be my first and only job I would have in my young life . Read more>>

Donna Morris

Being a full-time business owner has transparently been an emotional rollercoaster for me over the past few years. In this journey, I have experienced the highs and lows. Even though the journey of mompreneurship has been challenging, becoming an entrepreneur has allowed me to create the life I want for my family and live out my passion. Read more>>

Nazanin Sayar

What a great question! I have experienced both! Read more>>

Elena White

I think most of the time, yes, I am happy as a business owner. It’s weird, I don’t think of myself that way, probably because it’s really scary to me to think that I own my own corporation. It’s a huge responsibility, right? I don’t even have employees- it’s just me! Read more>>

Bryan & Trenice McMillian

Are you happier as a business owner? Read more>>

Scott Hamler

I absolutely love being a business owner. I’ve worked a “regular job” for most of my adult life. I wish I started along the entrepreneurial path earlier. I sometimes think about the possibility of getting a job again, and it would have to be an incredibly ideal situation that looks much like my life does now. Read more>>

Loren Lewin

Being a business owner and the founder of Companion Candles has been an incredible journey, filled with both challenges and moments of incredible happiness. Leaving behind a stable six-figure job to dive into entrepreneurship was undoubtedly a significant decision, and with that, of course moments of reflection. Read more>>

Savannah Lambert

I am so much happier as a business owner! I still have fleeting thoughts of the convenience of regular jobs. Conveniences like being a small part of the puzzle, rather than every part of the puzzle, being largely unconcerned with the overall image of the business versus working diligently day in and day out to uphold your business’ image and live up to your own ever-expanding expectations and goals as well as that of your clients. Or my all time favorite, work being over once you walk out of the door and get into your car. Read more>>

Codi Bates

The myth of ‘the grass is always greener on the other side’ is a hard one to let go of. This particularly comes up when you face challenges of course. I think it’s hard to not know everything about the choices you make as a business owner. So much of what we do is outside of a mold, which feels a bit isolating and leads the mind to envision alternatives. Read more>>

Kaiya Webb-Ramseur

I love being a business owner! I left my corporate job to pursue my dream to become a full time business owner. I hope I dont ever have to go back to a regular job. The last few months have been rough for everyone as far as financies which means slow business. Read more>>

Aries Moschino

I have been noticeably happier since I started working for myself full-time. Although I have owned my business for about 3 years now, I have always had 1-2 additional employers and odd jobs since I was 17 years old. Working for myself has encouraged me to put myself and my health first. Read more>>

Samantha Abrahamson

I absolutely have had this thought! I will be honest and say that business ownership can be very challenging. However, isn’t anything worth while? Read more>>

Nina Love

If it were my time to go tomorrow, I would be totally and completely satisfied with the life I lived, how deeply I loved, and how many lives I impacted as well as the legacy I created through being a business owner. That is how happy I am as a business owner. Read more>>

Bridget Maddox

Yes! I’m truly happier as a business owner. Many times, even before starting my business I questioned if it was the “best” thing to do because of the stability of a regular job. However, after stepping out on faith, I realized all the benefits that came with being a business owner…time with family, not being told no when things come up, setting your own guidelines for success and making decisions based upon what’s best for you. Read more>>

Empress Joshetts

I’m ecstatic as a business owner. There are no words to describe my happiness to have the ability to do what I love and build stability from it. There has not been many times that I have really wish to return to a regular job. The mindset really is trusting self and ignoring the opinions of others where society has pushed it’s own agenda, that if you’re not working a ,”quote on quote” regular job then there is not success. Read more>>

James Thomas

This is really a loaded question that has many answers to it about if I am happy as a business owner. I think the majority of business owners would say no as we are normally very self critical of ourselves. We are constantly feeling that there is a need of improvement or something is not good enough and we cause ourselves extra stress to be bigger and better than what and where we are. Read more>>

Elizabeth Jennings

Owning a business may sound like an amazing thing,, and I have to say I have had some great experiences with having the honor of owning a business (or at this point in my life businesses). But coming from what many feel like is the security of having a job where you show up, do the work you’re hired to do, and get paid for it without having the risks and responsibilities that comes with being a business owner is something I can say that you may miss from time to time. Read more>>

Ari Domingo

Being the owner of a construction company is quite the ride. I’ve often found myself pondering the question of whether I’d be happier with a regular job – you know, the kind where you clock in at 9 and out at 5, and then forget about work until the next day. Let me share a recent moment when I had one of these “grass-is-greener” musings. Read more>>