I meet a friend of mine who I have known for over 17 years. We have been on and off friends. We would be friends, then have a fight and not talk for years. Then meet again and do the same thing all over again.
He and I have the same core. At times it feels like he is the only person who will understand me. He is an entrepreneur. I am one too!!!
When you are a mom and an entrepreneur and make your own schedule, there is a common misconception that you are a stay at home mom. People dismiss me off as a stay at home mom among people who go to work for someone else. It is painful to write that. But it is true.
99% of my acquaintances work for someone else and seem happy. I don't know if they think that it is their calling or they think there is no other way to succeed. I don't want to judge, but understand.
I understand this friend. He only does what he likes. He hardly works one hour a day. He comes up with ideas and executes them. He is not sitting at an office and wondering if his idea will work. He executes it to find out if the idea will succeed. Money comes to him in exceeding quantities. He is not worried if he can enter the job market. He knows exactly what he wants and fills his life with things he loves.
I want his life. Maybe not working an hour a day, working 4 hours everyday. Honestly I am at a point in my life where I don't mind working. Being a mom has taught me to work, to give myself whole-heartedly to a cause.
'If you are spending your life doing things you don't like, it is like getting raped." He says.
'What about survival?" I ask him. He gets distracted by a phone call.
He then talks about his recent project. He buys apartments and rents them out on Airbnb. He shows me pictures, they are beautifully decorated. Interiors are beautifully decorated and I can see his love on every corner of the room.
'I hate routine' he says.
'Me too!' I blurt out.
'Some days I don't even like to brush because it is a routine.' He says.
'Maybe I am not that bad' I say to myself
' Some days I like to drown myself in work when a project is starting and then I don't work for several weeks.' He says
That is how I want my life to be. I think!
In an earlier conversation, he had mentioned that he likes starting things. I think all entrepreneurs like starting and I am no exception to that!
Is it easier because he is a man? I wonder.
He disagrees, he thinks its the same for a man and woman. I don't agree. He doesn't know all the things I have to go through everyday. Some people look at woman as an object and never really take her seriously.
He narrates his struggles. Not having enough money, taking humiliating remarks from his dad, crying to sleep every night.
I hadn't spoken to him for 5 years. And then, I thought meeting him was my only option. I was in that state where I was crying, where I felt I was failing in my business and meeting him was going to give me some hope that I was going to succeed and be like him some day.
He and I have the same core. At times it feels like he is the only person who will understand me. He is an entrepreneur. I am one too!!!
When you are a mom and an entrepreneur and make your own schedule, there is a common misconception that you are a stay at home mom. People dismiss me off as a stay at home mom among people who go to work for someone else. It is painful to write that. But it is true.
99% of my acquaintances work for someone else and seem happy. I don't know if they think that it is their calling or they think there is no other way to succeed. I don't want to judge, but understand.
I understand this friend. He only does what he likes. He hardly works one hour a day. He comes up with ideas and executes them. He is not sitting at an office and wondering if his idea will work. He executes it to find out if the idea will succeed. Money comes to him in exceeding quantities. He is not worried if he can enter the job market. He knows exactly what he wants and fills his life with things he loves.
I want his life. Maybe not working an hour a day, working 4 hours everyday. Honestly I am at a point in my life where I don't mind working. Being a mom has taught me to work, to give myself whole-heartedly to a cause.
'If you are spending your life doing things you don't like, it is like getting raped." He says.
'What about survival?" I ask him. He gets distracted by a phone call.
He then talks about his recent project. He buys apartments and rents them out on Airbnb. He shows me pictures, they are beautifully decorated. Interiors are beautifully decorated and I can see his love on every corner of the room.
'I hate routine' he says.
'Me too!' I blurt out.
'Some days I don't even like to brush because it is a routine.' He says.
'Maybe I am not that bad' I say to myself
' Some days I like to drown myself in work when a project is starting and then I don't work for several weeks.' He says
That is how I want my life to be. I think!
In an earlier conversation, he had mentioned that he likes starting things. I think all entrepreneurs like starting and I am no exception to that!
Is it easier because he is a man? I wonder.
He disagrees, he thinks its the same for a man and woman. I don't agree. He doesn't know all the things I have to go through everyday. Some people look at woman as an object and never really take her seriously.
He narrates his struggles. Not having enough money, taking humiliating remarks from his dad, crying to sleep every night.
I hadn't spoken to him for 5 years. And then, I thought meeting him was my only option. I was in that state where I was crying, where I felt I was failing in my business and meeting him was going to give me some hope that I was going to succeed and be like him some day.
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