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?
100%. I started my digital marketing agency as a side hustle 4 years ago and I had this friend say they were so happy i finally found “my thing”. Fortunately, I was able to quit my 9-5 job last year because my side gig out earned my full time paychecks. I hear from other friends how that same friend questions how legit my business is and “how much I really make” (which I don’t share to them). The saddest part is they praise and congratulate me to my face.