Which way is this ship headed, anyway?

Only a few weeks ago I had realized that I needed to put things aside from work in better balance in my life, and also take some time to get organized. So far, things have stayed organized, but I would have expected that I would be spending more time looking for a job and less time on the business.

Debbie will be working for the next 3 months, so our thought was to figure out how to transition into finding full time employment for myself in that timeframe. I have talked to a number of people about my business and how best to make the transition, but instead of finding good ways to wind down or scale back the business, they have given me lots of ways to expand and improve the business.

On one hand I would be content to taking a job I don't particularly like and work on the business part time until things pick up, but on the other, as I speak to and hear about how other people around me started their business, it seems obvious Debbie and I have some huge advantages that most other people didn't. Some of these advantages include: 1) A good amount of money set aside in savings 2) 80% of our health care paid for from my past job for about a year 3) Living in a triplex which helps pay for the mortgage, and the ability to quickly move and rent it and live somewhere else if needed 4) Access to a large network of like minded entrepreneurs who are going through the same process or have succeeded, and have the same moral beliefs 5) A business which requires very little monthly overhead.

So really, the only thing in the negative column (and obviously is pretty big!) is the fact that the business is not presently providing an income we could live off of. If it were, I think both Debbie and I would be very content with where we are. Ok, I know that sounds a bit obvious, aren't most people happy when their bills are being paid?

What I mean by that for a long time I have been trying to find a job that I love and that I'm good at. Debbie and I are never content to just "pay the bills". We don't want to live the standard American dream, but we want to be able to do mission work 2 months out of the year, and have jobs that are more flexible, and fulfilling. If we were satisfied with normal, we wouldn't have left Detroit, or gone to Pennsylvania, or ultimately moved back to Wisconsin.

So far with the business, it looks like we're really on the right track as far as finding a job that I love and is fulfilling, would allow for a flexible schedule, and has the potential to make much more than a standard salary.