Starting Up

 Perhaps one of the hardest things is to start-up your own company. It is even more difficult if you are in your mid-fifties and have to wade through a lifetime of programming that lays. mountain of doubt and worry to consider. 

I have struggled with that. And at this point I have realized after having spent the better part of my life in the rat race that I need to do something more significant than working for someone else. I need to take charge of my life and my financial destiny so as to be a better provider to my family. 

For the sake of anonymity (my wife will kill me if I do otherwise) I will say my name is Hugh. I live is Los Angeles and have been working in the IT field. I have a beautiful wife and a young child in elementary school. I make good money, but even so with all the inflation, and the general cost of living, I can not see my current income as being a reliable path towards building a solid financial future for my family. 

My career is, in short, what many would call the "single point of failure" -- should I lose my job at my age, or (worse) come down with a debilitating medical condition that insurance can not cover, my family will probably join the masses of people whom have had their lives destroyed by overwhelming medical costs. 

Or, should I (God forbid) pass away prematurely, even with our current plans, future looks a bit bleak. 

So I created a company. But I have had time sucked away from it for the better part of the last nine months. Apart from helping my wife finish up her schooling and taking care of the little one, and repairing the house, I have not been able to have any time for myself let alone work on the business in the way that I need to do in order to make it a success. 

But lately time has become more available, and I have made it through the first financial year with some minimal profits from some online work I did here and there. So now I'm going into year two and want to keep things moving forward. 

How do I accomplish this? I honestly do not know. I am writing this blog to share my adventure. Hopefully it will be useful to others (maybe you are in business too?) If so let me know what you think. We shall see.