[hvert]

I don't even know how to summarize this or where I should be posting it.

I stepped out of the corporate world four years ago with the idea that I would start my own company. I had a specific idea in mind, spent some time working on it, but never actually launched.

I am stuck in a pattern at the moment where I seem to start and abandon a new project every other week or month. I am very frustrated with this behavior but can't seem to stop myself. I take on a project, work very hard at it, and then run into a roadblock that seems unsolvable... so I set it aside and move on to something new.

Has anyone overcome these kinds of problems and become successfully self-employed? I am worried that my lack of focus is a character flaw that means I will never be able to run my own business.

[Perna]

Do you have any clients? That was how I started, I had the clients and so went out on my own with the idea to get more. But being self-starting was not my strong suit so I got a couple more clients but hated actually doing the work so did not get enough money to live on and had to go back to a regular job.

It is very hard being self-employed since you have to do the work AND keep beating the bushes for new business, it does not come to you. Doing proposals and set up does not earn any money but takes time.

[hvert]

I'm worried that's what I'll wind up doing, Perna.

It's awful to admit, but no, I don't have clients. I've been working on software products because I am reluctant to go back to IT/development services. I get to the point where I create a piece of software that is ready to be released, and then just before that happens, I walk off and do something else. There's some sort of fear about going public.