The other night I was throwing a little pity party for myself. Some friends who have “regular” jobs were all heading to Cork & Olive for the monthly Sip and Dip. It’s such an awesome event; you try wines, eat some food from a local restaurant and mingle with neighbors and friends – and I wanted to go!
What was I doing, though? You know it: working. More specifically, I was reconciling my business bank account and sending out invoices. I caught myself saying, “I don’t get to have any fun anymore!”
As soon as the words came out of my mouth, I wanted to eat them right back up. Who was I kidding? I couldn’t go to one Sip and Dip. Big deal. Not only will there be another one next month, there will most certainly be some sort of networking event within a couple days when food, wine and friendship will be part of the mix; and you know I’ll be there. Our jobs as entrepreneurs are pretty great. We get to have mingling, eating and drinking as an entry on our job description.
Plus, frankly (and weirdly), I love accounting. I actually enjoy balancing the books and distributing bills. In order to do those things, I must have some money coming in and what’s not to like about that?
This all leads me to believe that my definition of fun has changed. Well, maybe the way I define fun hasn’t changed, because I still like to do the same things, but the way in which I go about having that fun is different. And, I’m OK with that. So bring on the calculator, the spreadsheet, and, okay, a glass of wine – what are you going to do tell my boss? – and let the fun begin!
What’s fun got to do with it?
The other night I was throwing a little pity party for myself. Some friends who have “regular” jobs were all heading to Cork & Olive for the monthly Sip and Dip. It’s such an awesome event; you try wines, eat some food from a local restaurant and mingle with neighbors and friends – and I wanted to go!
What was I doing, though? You know it: working. More specifically, I was reconciling my business bank account and sending out invoices. I caught myself saying, “I don’t get to have any fun anymore!”
As soon as the words came out of my mouth, I wanted to eat them right back up. Who was I kidding? I couldn’t go to one Sip and Dip. Big deal. Not only will there be another one next month, there will most certainly be some sort of networking event within a couple days when food, wine and friendship will be part of the mix; and you know I’ll be there. Our jobs as entrepreneurs are pretty great. We get to have mingling, eating and drinking as an entry on our job description.
Plus, frankly (and weirdly), I love accounting. I actually enjoy balancing the books and distributing bills. In order to do those things, I must have some money coming in and what’s not to like about that?
This all leads me to believe that my definition of fun has changed. Well, maybe the way I define fun hasn’t changed, because I still like to do the same things, but the way in which I go about having that fun is different. And, I’m OK with that. So bring on the calculator, the spreadsheet, and, okay, a glass of wine – what are you going to do tell my boss? – and let the fun begin!