never said owning a business was easy. working 9-5 also might be more stable and if your happy at the end of the day then so be it. life is hard and now days honest hard work isnt worth much . some one once told me that the less you do the more you get paid and as some of the comments above suggest this is true. another example security guard. they sit on the ass all night and get awesome paid for it.
only way your hard work is going to get you far is to be a business owner. sorry to say but if you own a business and find it hard to pay bills then you might have to re-think and re-structure. no one gets into a business for love. Every person i have ever spoken to that are in a successful business had to works their butt off to get where there are.