I hit 500 dogs groomed in one year and I'm supposed to be thrilled but I'm not

Everyone talks about hitting big numbers as some kind of victory but after grooming my 500th dog yesterday in Phoenix I felt more tired than proud. The popular thing is to say 'wow look at that growth' but nobody mentions how your hands ache by dog 400 or how you forget which dog bit you that morning. My shop did $62,000 in revenue this year which sounds great until you subtract supplies, rent in this strip mall, and the two cancellations per week. People keep asking if I'm going to expand or hire more staff but I think smaller might actually be better for my sanity. Has anyone else hit a business milestone and realized the goalposts just moved further away?

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wood.john1mo ago

Yeah I really felt that thing you said about the goalposts moving. It's like how when you finally get that new phone you saved up for and suddenly you're just worried about scratching the screen or getting the next one. Or how people think getting married will make them happy but then you're just dealing with mortgage payments and whose turn it is to do dishes. I've noticed in my own life that every time I hit some milestone I thought would fix everything, I just find a new set of problems waiting for me. Like the satisfaction never actually arrives, it just gets pushed down the road a little further.

jenny58029d ago

Used to think I was different and that hitting this one big goal would actually do it for me. But nah, you're right, it's just trading one set of worries for another. Kinda sucks to realize but it's real.