Howells.

A recent flurry of tweets spoke to something that really frustrates the dickens out of me: people who are self-employed or who run their own firms, publicly complaining about one or more of the following things:

• Having too many emails in their inbox, saddened at how they can’t possibly reach “inbox zero” today.
• Just how late it is on a Sunday and how much they still have to do, asking rhetorical questions as to why nobody else is working late on a weekend.
• How clients are taking up way too much of their time.

I don’t want to contradict what I said in my previous post about only following/connecting with people you feel don’t whinge, but it’s disappointing that often the same people who complain about work also share superb content and start great conversations.

It comes down to this: if you have decided to work for yourself, it was your choice. And you should be thankful you’re in a very privileged position to create your own destiny and write your own story. You don’t need to shout about the hardships – or indeed the privilege – of working for yourself: this should all be communicated implicitly in the work you deliver. It’s a given that late nights and working during the weekend comes with the territory.