It’s 8.20pm. I press the button “send”. I feel butterflies flying in my stomach. I have just sent an email to my web developper asking him to publish my new website…That’s it, It’s Friday 28th March 2014 and I am officially an entrepreneur. Where is my medal? Finally, I am one of them! I have just launched my new website worldtennistravel.com. From now on, I will be selling luxury tennis holidays in exotic places to tennis fanatics from around the world (watch the video here). Exciting isn’t it? I have to say the emotions of launching a new start-up are quite amazing. There is a mix of strong feelings going through my mind right now. I try to understand them. I can identify excitement, pride, relief and a bit of fear with definitely a feeling of excitement dominating the contest.

Questions are also coming to me. Is it really what I want to do with my life? Was it a smart investment of my time, money and heart? Why did I do that..? Well, I am not sure…Why not! Suddenly the “what if” syndrome kicks in. OMG…What happens if it doesn’t work? What if my website stays for a million years with zero traffic except me visiting my own website several times a week waiting for a miracle... That would be terrible, even humiliating… Maybe I'd better remove the google analytics so I don't have to face the sad truth.. Seriously what if it just doesn't work. Or what if the website breaks down or get spammed by russian hackers. Ok…maybe the fear is a bit bigger than I thought. “You need to relax, Sach” trying to convince myself it is all going to be alright. It’s too late anyway, all my friends and network knows about this launch. I can't step back. I am ready to be either the famous successful entrepreneur or the famously unsuccessful one.

So, i was talking about a sense of relief. For the last 8 months, I have been working my arse off on this project. All those nights sharpening my business plan in my mind while all I wanted was to sleep. It’s been only 8 months but I already had a taste of the emotional roller-coaster of being an entrepreneur. I had days where I never felt so inspired. Everything was flowing naturally. It looked like the whole world, clients and partners have been waiting for me to do this. Besides that, several times, I thought it would never comes to life. There has been days where I felt very alone on this and that nothing was going to plan, almost like if my new business was working against me, like if I was fighting it in a boxing ring and as soon as I thought things were going better for me, I would get a punch straight to my face. I remember this sh** team of clueless web (un)developers who have been messing up with my website. I could see all my savings I kept for this very special project being wasted without seeing any marketable product coming off the ground. Scary stuff believe me. Finally with a lot of patience and sweat, things worked out, 4 months late that’s all…

Besides that, my poor (and very supportive) girlfriend has been coping with my stress partly related to the typical “future successful entrepreneur’s” bank account which means pretty much “broke”. Occasional Italian restaurants have been replaced by special treat $10 Noodle soups at the local chinese. Trendy Jeans or flat screen TV seems far from me, now I spend my money on website plugins and Facebook ads…

Pride?.. Ah, Yes, rather a lot. Regardless of the results, any entrepreneurs should feel proud of themselves. I have deep respect for entrepreneurs and not only the successful ones. They all had the courage to follow an idea and “make it happen” without any guarantees and financial safety net. They’re the ones challenging the status quo. They are the creative spark that will light up the world. They’re solving problems everyday. They are the future of this planet and the ones that will make it a better place. Long live the entrepreneur! I am thinking of all these other people that keep complaining about their life or their job and don't do anything about it. There is no shame, only a big waste. Actually, I was one of them not such a long ago.

So, what if it just doesn't work? Well, At least I can’t regret I wouldn't have tried. Exactly 12 months ago, I was leaving my cosy and comfy marketing job at the Tennis Federation. Why did I do that? God Damn, I can't even remember.. Ah, yeah, I remember now. I was a bit bored in my job and wanted to “live my life to its full potential”. Crazy stuff…

I am thinking about everything in my life that brought me to this day, from my struggles at school because my creative mind didn't fit in the typical “don’t be a smart arse/perfect school boy” pigeon hole where you're just supposed to learn things by heart, be quiet, not socialise and not ask any questions. Bad luck, I always been naturally curious, sociable, like to use my mind to actually think (I know this is madness), I have a shocking memory and I love talking to people around me so school and I wasn't really a love affair.

I think also about everyone who has supported me, especially my parents who have been supporting me and investing on me so much through all those years. I am very lucky. They helped me going for my dreams. It couldn't have been possible without them. They could probably have a gorgeous villa on the french riviera with all the money they invested on me, on my education and on my dreams. This website is probably their as well. That’s ok, after all, with all the money I will make now, I will be able to buy them this villa. I will get them one overlooking the Mediterranean sea. It would actually be about time I start being rich because I am already late on my initial plan of “being rich, famous and retired by the age of 30". Looks like something went wrong here… I have never worked as hard than right now.

Anyway, I am feeling excited now. I am ready to be successful. I am ready for the fun and the Forbes magazine covers. I can already picture myself parking my red Porsche on the driveway of one of those fancy and exclusive country clubs in the Barbados, and throwing my car keys to my favourite voiturier in a very James Bond style while adjusting my 3 piece suits. Yes, I am sure I would be good at that. Day dreamer did you say?…Maybe.

Hmm, things are not that simple I guess. You don't just start a new venture and becomes automatically successful. Maybe, I will fail like many smart people did before me and I think I am finally ready for that. I have learned that you should only worry by what you can control. So, I have done my job, keep doing it and we will see what happen now. Of course, since i am doing all the hard work, it would be better if i could earn $3 millions/year not $300/year.

Saying that, I am not really doing it for the money. I am doing it for one thing: Freedom. The freedom to create anything you want, to make your impact on the world, to spend your 40-50 hours a week working on something that really excites you and makes you happy. That’s why I am doing it. Entrepreneurship gives you wings, not Redbull. If you had the freedom to choose anything you want to spend your time of it, what would it be? Think about it and start building it.

Maybe if one day I am this successful entrepreneur managing millions of dollars, I will look back at this day and maybe laugh at it, thinking I made of this small thing a big thing but for some reasons I feel it’s an important day for me. The start of something that could be great. All the most successful people started somewhere. Richard Branson started selling student magazines and vinyl records before he created Virgin, Maureen and Tony Wheeler were just sharing their travel stories with friends before they created Lonely Planet, Michael Jordan was kicked out of the Varsity College Basketball team because he was too short before he became the best basketball player of all time.

Anyway, I thought I would share my emotions of becoming a new entrepreneur in case there are a few bored employees out there reading this and thinking about doing the jump. This story is the story of thousands of other men and women who everyday follow their gut and give it a go. Well done to you guys. If you’re not “one of us”, you have 2 options: either you feel fulfilled with your job and if so, don’t change anything and stay out of trouble! However, if you’re bored, kill the bored worker within you who is burning his wings at work every day and start following your dream. You will see, entrepreneuship is fun, even just the start is a very funky experience. It’s like going on holiday to a place you always dreamed of but driving a 40 years old van on a shitty bumpy road…