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?
We live in a society where about 99% of adults on some level feel and realize that 8 of their best 16 waking hours are spent trying to get a number in a banks website to go up faster than it goes down. Anyone who can escape that hamster wheel and exit the matrix should be ready for some heat from the other hamsters.
But yes it’s normal, and yes you’ll get used to it and handle it with humility. From living on both sides, trust me it all evens out. There will come situations where you’ll be wishing so bad you were still an employee, somewhere, and vice versa.