free time How much is your
worth?
By Sandra Stepan
HOW MUCH IS YOUR FREE TIME WORTH? HINT: POTENTIALLY MORE THAN YOUR CURRENT BANK ACCOUNT.
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I’m the only one who can get it done. Even as our business grew and we hired help, “that’s fine I’ll do it” was part of my daily vocabulary. For years my work life has been tied to anxiety, hustle, a never ending hamster wheel. I didn’t take time off and work was always on my mind. Time for myself was not a priority. Of course, that led to nothing good: burnout and revenue cap. There was only one of me and when I couldn’t take care of everything anymore, things fell apart. I lost my clients, I lost connections, and I lost money. I found myself stuck, in debt and with no clear plan on how to fix it. Finally, my ego took the biggest hit. After all, I considered myself an entrepreneur, capable of doing anything yet here I was. Failing. So, I did what any self respected entrepreneur would do. I accepted this stage of failure in my grand entrepreneurial journey and went back to work. I found a job that I loved with a team I respected. At this point I had nothing else to prove to anyone or myself anymore. I put my head down
s entrepreneurs we most often talk about net worth in the language of dollars: in the bank, in assets, in clients, in units sold. We attach our entrepreneurial self worth and identity to dollar figures and as a result, we are willing to trade so much in the pursuit of more money: time, peace of mind, nutrition, health and wellness. We work, we grind, and we hustle because we want to create more, deliver more, earn more. We don’t stop because stopping means less money and less money means less success. But what if contradictorily, less time spent on chasing money can increase our net worth? I started working for myself four years ago, at the age of 26. I joined my partner’s online store and in tandem we started a small marketing agency together. I was excited, eager, very entitled and of course, a knowit-all. I was a stubborn perfectionist, always wanting to do everything myself, refusing help and thinking MUMPRENEUR MOVEMENT |
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