Everyone sees the “be your own boss” part… nobody talks about the beginning stages where you’re the owner, marketing team, accountant, customer service rep, editor, sales person, assistant, and therapist all at the same time. People see the finished product online, but not the nights spent teaching yourself skills you never thought you’d need, chasing invoices, second guessing your prices, working weird hours, networking when you’re exhausted, and trying to make everything look successful before it actually feels successful. The startup phase is honestly just building a plane while flying it and hoping eventually all the hard work starts connecting. Some days you feel unstoppable, other days one small inconvenience has you questioning every life decision you’ve ever made. But there’s something really rewarding about knowing every opportunity, every client, every lesson, and every win came from you refusing to quit when it would’ve been easier to. So if you’re in the messy beginning...