I just launched my first project after quitting my job and while traveling the UK...it was harder than I thought.

Today I'm officially launching, Corporate Vitamins. The sayings are the Yield signs of office poster art!

While I classify it as being motivational sayings, I look at it as a warning sign - think Yield sign. The statements are grossly overstated and because of that, they flip a switch when viewing them to rethink what is happening.

The seed for these was planted almost 5 years ago, but I didn't realize what I should do with it until several months ago. You can read more about my motivation by reading the Corporate Vitamins Story.

Why was it harder than I thought?

When my wife and I decided we should take a year (read: quit my job) and travel Europe with our two small children - I looked at it as an opportunity to invest in myself and finally work on starting my own business and being able to devote my full attention to ideas I've had for some time.

The reality was much different than what it was like working a full time job. I was quickly faced with the reality of spending time in amazing new locations with my family or spending 8-10 hours in a coffee shop. Unfortunately, in the beginning I chose my family. I struggled to get 30 hours a week in.

While working full-time, I had never had that feeling of choosing between my family and my work. I was able to separate the need for having to support my family and the need to spend time with them. As a first time entrepreneur, I thought my feelings would shift more to the need to support them, much more than needing to spend time with them. In my head I was able to justify that for the sake of our future.

I believe the contributing factor was traveling from Texas to Europe. While we are still here (writing this from Costa in Edinburgh, Scotland), we have ultimately decided to cut our trip short by 5 months. My wife, who has been super supportive of me giving my dream a shot, ultimately was the one who offered me the option for us to go home. If it weren't for her, I'm not sure I would have offered it up as I wouldn't have wanted to let her down.

No surprise here. Business Is Hard. I've learned a valuable lesson. Here's to success of others & thanks for letting me share and vent.