Entrepreneurship

I Had Multiple Side-Hustles — And I Quit Them All

Let me tell you, entrepreneurial life is not for everyone.

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I used to think being an entrepreneur was what I wanted:

• Working for myself with no boss
• Scheduling the hours that worked best for me
• Taking time off whenever I wanted
• Working on exactly what I wanted to work on

I kind of lived the entrepreneurial life unknowingly for a few years. After I finished grad school, I worked as a barista to pay the bills and took whatever gigs I could/schedule would allow.

You see, I got my degrees (both undergrad and grad) in opera/vocal performance and was pursuing a full-time opera career for a while. It wasn’t until a few years in when I realized that musicians are also entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurs Are Way More Like Musicians Than You Think

If only I realized this before, maybe I would have changed some of the ways I worked and thought about my former singing career. Hindsight is 2020, right?