06/16/2026
It's amazing how much of yourself can get wrapped up into your business.
It can be your identity. It can be how you define your net worth. It'll be how you spend your hours, your weekends, and even missing family events for work.
I lived that for over a decade. I built a property management company from 35 properties to over 450, and that business became my whole definition of success. The employee problems, the theft, the lawsuits, the court appearances for evictions, I carried all of it personally.
But the thing that gave me true financial freedom was never the business itself. It was the investments I made along the way.
I wrote about the whole journey and the lesson I'd want every business owner and busy professional to take from it:
https://ameliamisenheimer.substack.com/p/she-put-everything-into-her-business