Whatever the choice, it has to be deliberate. So many are people pleasers in disguise. They grow not because they actively choose, but because they can't say no. It causes that desperately stressed life when you're not active about these choices and boundaries. They're always in survival mode, chasing more more more, without ever being deliberate and reflective about their actions.
It winds up being the end of a lot of businesses, whether or not they actually did grow. They took on a contract that was just too big for them, despite their intuition telling them not to. Or they hired too many people despite not wanting to but was talked into it by a friend.
So good on you for knowing what you want and being deliberate about it! You and your wife have avoided a lifetime of stress by doing so!
No disrespect to the previous comment, which is well put, but just to say you shouldn't be hard on yourself there at all - everyone and every company has different boundaries to figure out, and it's great you've found yours.
It winds up being the end of a lot of businesses, whether or not they actually did grow. They took on a contract that was just too big for them, despite their intuition telling them not to. Or they hired too many people despite not wanting to but was talked into it by a friend.
So good on you for knowing what you want and being deliberate about it! You and your wife have avoided a lifetime of stress by doing so!