In my last post about myself I went into a lot of detail on my past, but left out a huge part about how I managed to stay sane through all of these years.
Over the past three years I have been swamped as I attempted to bootstrap BitShares and now Steem. The first 9 months of BitShares were very difficult. I was working around the clock attempting to bootstrap BitShares. It wouldn’t be uncommon for me to work 16 hour days 7 days per week.
Somehow in the mist of everything I managed to meet Jenn. Meeting Jenn completely changed my day to day life. I finally had someone who I looked forward to seeing outside of the cryptocurrency world. My 16 hour days slowly morphed into 10 hour days as I regained some semblance of a life. I am fairly certain I would have burnt out years ago without her.
We moved in together almost 2 years ago. Since that time I have enjoyed wonderful home cooked meals, clean clothes, and a well kept house even while she worked full time. Her two wonderful cats are an endless source of entertainment and company.
It is easy to look at everything that I have accomplished in the past two years, but I would be remiss if I didn’t give Jenn credit for taking care of me while I work to change the world. She recently made a post about her perspective on the challenges of loving an entrepreneur.
I know there are many people out there that are working around the clock on their own startups. I highly recommend you take some time away from everything to balance out your life. Building a successful startup is a marathon, not a sprint.