I was grumbling in my head the other day and realized I was doing it in the voice of Paul Taro. He’s a comedian, he’s fucking hilarious, and his skiing bit ruined me because it’s exactly how I think.

Anywho. Here’s my current state of mind on being the wife of an Entrepreneur, Paul Taro style.

I Love Being the Spouse of an Entrepreneur. You Get To….

• You get to work 24/7 for free, or just shit pay
• You get to work multiple jobs to compensate for said “shit” pay
• You get to learn how to add a “signature” to your email (true story, did not even know how to do that in the beginning)
• You get “Marketing” or something to do with “Marketing” in your job description
• You get to lie awake in terror that this business you’ve poured your life into will crumble, night after night
• You get to sell your house. To be fair here, this one actually turned out to be the best move ever
• You get to lose touch with your friends and then pretend you know what the hell they are talking about at Happy Hour while desperately downing a margarita
• You get to pretend everything is AWESOME in front of your kids and friends meanwhile you really just want to crawl up in the fetal position on the floor
• You get to give up your identity (who even am I anymore????)
• You get to have an overwhelming case of imposter syndrome (can everyone tell I have basically stayed home with kids for 25 years?)
• You get to wonder if you’ll ever have a weekend or non-working vacation again
• You get to eat, sleep, and breathe the business- even my dreams are about the business these days
• You get to say things like, “When work slows down, I am going to _____.” But it never does.
• You get to pick a new gray hair from your head on a daily basis
• You get to figure everything out on your own. Baptism by fire, baby!
• You get to have a growing list of tasks to be completed and items fixed around the house for “when this is all over”
• You get to have “ business talk” replace pillow talk
• You get to have your love language quietly become “did you see the Shopify notification?”
• You get to google “is this normal” about your own marriage at 1am
• You get to shit, shower, and shave, with someone talking business through the bathroom door

You get to do it all again tomorrow.