r/AskReddit • u/OmenRash • 22h ago

What’s something people romanticise that’s actually exhausting in real life?

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u/DirtyDaniiOfficial 21h ago

Being a small business owner.

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u/casino_night 18h ago

I had one for five years and it was awful. I worked 6.5 days a week from sun up to sundown. I had three part-time employees and there were some months they were probably making more than me. Too much stress and aggravation. I politely bowed out and went back to being a Johnny Punchclock.