Should one get seperate phones for work and private?

Lately, I’ve been a busy bee. Setting up to run your own business takes less then 5 minutes these days. The web has made it easy. However, when I got to the point when I had to write down my phone number for business related calls, I faltered.

Should I get a second phone and number, so as not to mix private and work related calls? There are practical issues to consider, both in the pro and con list.

Would I enjoy carrying two phones? Would I want to mix private and work related calls on one phone? Was it wise to share my private number with potential clients? I was at the point of sleeping over it, but I hate to get sidetracked and to not keep the momentum going.

I decided to use one phone. Private and Work related calls are bound to mix anyway. By extension, my work is me. It’s by no means a complete picture, but the work I do is in some way a projection of me; the things I like and don’t like, the value’s and morals I keep, etc etc. In this day and age, owning a company, or starting freelance, is by default and extension of the freelancee (spelling?) or owner.

Therefore, it is pointless to try and seperate two worlds that in fact, are one. What was it again that the Borg said? ‘Resistance is Futile’.