Raise your hand if you’ve ever said:

👉 “I’ll just do it myself—it’ll be cheaper.”

Go ahead, admit it. We’ve all been there. Whether it’s bookkeeping, marketing, or trying to fix that weird noise your truck is making (with YouTube and a prayer), small business owners wear a lot of hats.

Here’s the truth: doing it all yourself often costs you more than outsourcing it.

The Midnight Bookkeeping Club

Let me guess, you’ve joined this club before. It’s 11:47pm, you’re bleary-eyed, surrounded by crumpled receipts, and living off stale coffee.

You finally finish “the books”… but you’re not sure if you did them right, you lost three hours of sleep, and now tomorrow you’ll be grumpy and behind on actual paying work.

Congrats, you just paid yourself $0/hour to do bookkeeping badly.

The Hidden Costs of DIY

When you do it all yourself, here’s what it really costs:

• Lost time. Every hour you spend on admin is an hour not spent making money.
• Mistakes. DIY bookkeeping (or marketing, or website building) = missed deductions, wrong pricing, or ads that flop.
• Burnout. You’re not a machine. Juggling everything leads to exhaustion, which leads to bad decisions.
  
  

Even the Big Guys Don’t DIY Everything

Do you think the founders of Google were building spreadsheets and fixing their own computers while growing their empire? Nope. They brought in experts early so they could focus on what they were best at.

If Google can admit they need help… so can you.

How to Decide What to Outsource

Here’s a simple filter:

Ask yourself → What’s one task I do every week that someone else could do cheaper, faster, or better?

That’s the first thing you should delegate.

Crown Consulting Can Help

At Crown Consulting, we take “bookkeeping at midnight” off your plate. No more guessing, no more lost hours, no more wondering if you did it right.

We’ll handle the numbers so you can focus on what you do best, running your business and actually getting paid for it.

👉 Want to see how outsourcing can save you money? Check out our bookkeeping and CFO services.

Just because you can do it all, doesn’t mean you should. DIY might be cheap in dollars, but it’s expensive in time, stress, and sanity.