辞职创业后，我才明白….docVIP

辞职创业后，我才明白… 　　“创业”听起来是个很酷的想法：做自己最感兴趣的事，拥有自由的工作时间，自己当老板，说不定还能挣大钱。然而，人们往往只看到创业者的风光，却忽视了他们在背后的种种牺牲：工作占据了生活的大部分时间，没有稳定的收入来源，需要独自面对失败的风险……个中甘苦，恐怕只有亲身经历过的人才会明白。 　　For the past two weeks I spent my Chinese New Year just like everybody else―visiting relatives， gorging1） myself on new year goodies and collecting angbaos. 　　But amidst the joy and festivities2）， there was a deep dark fear inside me. 　　“So where are you working at now？” 　　That was the sentence I really feared to hear all through Chinese New Year， even more than “When are you getting married？”， even though that was just as scary. 　　Admittedly at the start， I didn’t have a hard time telling friends and family about my decision to leave my job as a mobile developer to start up. I was a little worried about the response people would have， but was generally not too bothered by comments and opinions dished out3） to me. 　　“Why do you want to quit your job？” to “I thought your job was paying you quite well？” and “Why start from square one4）？” 　　Those were the questions thrown at me when I mentioned that I was quitting my job to start up with some friends. And for most startup founders here in Singapore， I’m pretty sure these questions are nothing new. 　　Even so， I thought I knew what I was getting into when I “threw in the letter.” 　　I knew I was going to have to work hard. I understood the financial circumstances I would be in. I acknowledged that it might fail. I thought I had already got most of them sorted out. 　　At the same time， I was super super super psyched5） that I could be a part of building my own product. 　　Even so， I never really expected to face these issues. 　　A Lot Less Time with Loved Ones 　　I knew very clearly that I would spend a lot of time working on the startup. I used to work long hours in my previous job， so I thought it would be nothing new. 　　Then I realised that I had a lot less time to spend with friends， family， and the boyfriend. It eventually took quite some time for e