Im a 31 yr old start-upper. I actually started my startup at 27/28ish; it was my first start-up. I was about to buy my first home with money I saved for such,

Im a 31 yr old start-upper. I actually started my startup at 27/28ish; it was my first start-up. I was about to buy my first home with money I saved for such, but took the money and started up; stayed living with the parent I moved in with to save money for a house two years prior. So, it's a huge sacrifice and gamble you take to either lead the quote/unquote normal life or start-up. If you start-up it becomes your life and entire focus. I pretty much dropped off the radar of my friends and devoted all my time and focus on my start-up. The journey it led me on was an awesome one re: attention, publicity and getting funding. Though all that awesome stuff was a great life journey it did not lead me to a healthy business that pays the bills and now I'm back to looking to get into the real world. My start-up is still active and ppl do use it (just not that many). Though the things I learned from my first attempt and the journey it took me on has taught me a ton. I have the fever to start-up all over again, yet doing so on the side. The gamble was worth it just for the awesome experiences it led me on, but now it's time to get on with life and dream/enjoy the experiences on the side!