I run a modestly successful small gardening business. It took me a year to really get it going properly. For context im in my 30s and have worked in really demanding jobs to get into a position to start something.
Ever since I went full-time my sibling has had this attitude like I just won the lottery and wont share. Other people have also started acting like im driving around in a RollsRoyce with a monocle, I don’t really get it.
I give my sibling left over gardening supplies and i’ve sub contracted another friend who lost their job. Trying to share my success when I can. Whats with the hostility? Have other people experienced this kind of thing?
I have the opposite problem. My family wants to know when I am going to stop working. My business supports me. I do it full time and then offer the same services as a contractor for other companies. The constant asking of when are you going to stop working or take off when my business isn’t particularly stressful or time consuming is like asking when I’m going to give up on having a roof over my head or food in the fridge.
Either way, most people don’t what running a business entails and so they fill in the blanks with their own perceptions, maybe of other business owners they know.
You sound like you run a farm!