I started my business not too long ago and things are going well - clients are happy, revenue is steady, and I'm grateful for that part. But most days it feels like I barely touch the actual work I enjoy. I'm constantly buried in emails, drafting responses, dealing with follow-ups, organizing documents... it's nonstop. Sometimes I feel like I'm spending more time being my own assistant than doing the work I started the business for. I've even started looking at smaller tools that take little pieces of the load off. For example, I tried out CoSupport AI to help smooth out some of the client messaging, and it did remind me how much difference even a small automation can make. The bigger problem though is how draining it gets mentally. When the bulk of the day is just admin tasks, it feels less like building a business and more like treading water. By the end of the week, the creative side of me has nothing left to give. I also can't shake the thought that I'm just trading one kind of job for another. I left a corporate role because I wanted freedom, but now it's almost the same grind, just with more risk on my shoulders. Some days I wonder if that trade-off is worth it. Is this just the reality of running a business, where the admin side always wins out?