Not necessarily. Having your own business might take the same number of hours as a full-time job, but you have much less commute time. Also you can decide when to work a lot of the time.
If you set things up right, sometimes you don't have to work at all.
The old adage "work smart, not hard" has become trite and meaningless, and when I first started out in business I thought it was scammy bullshit.
But now I work 3 days per week and take care of my kids every Tuesday and Thursday. I work from home and see them all the time. Sure I don't make much money but we get by and I'd rather live on less money now while I watch my kids grow up than spend all my time working.
I guess what having your own business gives you more than anything is choice: choice about when and how you work, choice about who you work with and choice about how much money you want to make.
If you set things up right, sometimes you don't have to work at all.
The old adage "work smart, not hard" has become trite and meaningless, and when I first started out in business I thought it was scammy bullshit.
But now I work 3 days per week and take care of my kids every Tuesday and Thursday. I work from home and see them all the time. Sure I don't make much money but we get by and I'd rather live on less money now while I watch my kids grow up than spend all my time working.
I guess what having your own business gives you more than anything is choice: choice about when and how you work, choice about who you work with and choice about how much money you want to make.