While it is all great to follow your passion and work towards owning your personal business, it was too much work for me. At one point in my life, I had a regular job and I also ran a private educational consultancy. The hours were insane. To be honest, there were no hours I was not working. It was good money which unfortunately were gone the way they came. If only I knew about BTC. It was before that, anyway.
After a couple of years of grinding, I made a decision to go with the regular job where I don't have to grind as much. I was not looking to not work but it was definitely much easier and mundane.
I would have remain passionate with the business I developed but then it would also not let me enjoy the time I was supposed to savour. I am in a different country and a different point in my life but I still wonder I need a side hustle. I am never satisfied with the regular work I do. The job is fine but I want something where I can control what I do. Good or bad, does not matter.
Yes. It can be like this for sure and I have had periods of years where it has been. These days, I am still working a lot, plus Hive on top. It isn't for everyone.
This is why I took the second job, it gave me a little more security, meaning I didn't have the pressure to perform. I kept working my business though.
The sense of control in work is something that is hard as an employee. What often ends up happening is that employees take control of what they can, which is often why there is a lot of pettiness in offices.