Week 9

This week I learned how hard it is to be an entrepreneur. My wife brought to my attention that she feels a little bit of stress now that she is the only one working to support both of us while I am in school. She graduated last semester and has been working since then to support us while I am in school. This is a bit stressful for my wife so I decided that I need to have some sort of income myself to help out. I couldn’t really think of anything so I came to the idea that I would go door to door asking if I could wash some windows. As I was driving around looking for a good street to knock, my mind kept playing through different scenarios of me failing. I saw people outside working, busy, and the idea of going up to them to disturb them was impossible. Would me going up and asking them if I could wash their windows ruin their day? And what if their kid answered the door, what would I say? All these thoughts kept coming to me deterring me from my objective. It took quite a bit of driving until I decided that it just wasn’t my day.

I know that this was the wrong choice, however it taught me something. This whole entrepreneur thing is harder than I thought and not all that I thought it would be. Now I have a goal and am determined to reach it. Before next week is out, I will have knocked one door and asked them if I can wash their windows. This is my goal and I will report next week.