Dealing with the Family stress of starting a business

By Jeremy McCluggage

One thing I know from first experience is that starting a business creates unique and heavy stress in any family. That is just the facts. You have a new environment where you are dealing with new people with responsibilities that you have never experienced before and on top of that you still have all of the same family responsibilities you had before.

Whether it is little league or dance, to spending quality time together around the table at breakfast or dinner. Even the simplest of things seem a chore when you start a business. I do not mean to put to much of a doom and gloom spin on it yet the stress to your children and to your spouse is real and as much as you need their support they need your time and attention like before.

Everyone knows you are sacrificing for them yet the time you take away from them you will never get back. So what is the answer to your conundrum? Well there are a couple of things you can do. If your children are old enough get them involved in stuffing envelopes or filing or organizing for you.

You also must take time out and devote to each person in your family and the family as a whole. Put it in pen in your schedule book or your calendar. Kids games, recitals, trips to the ice cream store. Do not to make memories with your kids while you are building your business again you never get that time back. I made that mistake with my first child and I regret it every day today.

My father once told me that you had to have balance. Starting and running your your own business, does not leave much time for balance. That is why you must do it on purpose. That is the sixth item on your success six list that you must do every day that I have discussed in other articles.

If you build a business and forget to live you could end up with a business and no one to share it with. Keep your eye on the ball and remember who you are doing it for. Also remember if you can pay someone else $12 an hour to do it delegate it to an assistant. This frees up some of your time for those who are important to you.

Keep living your dream and remember it is not over until you win.

Jeremy McCluggage
President
Peak Performance Strategies LLC
Atlanta, GA

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