marylandcrab
Dryer sheet aficionado
- Joined
- Sep 26, 2011
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Hello! In reading through the threads here I think most of you get it, you really get it.
I've owned a business for many, many years now. High highs, low lows. It's like being bipolar without the benefit of a diagnosis or medication. The biz has done well, it's also absorbed every bit of our lives.
On vacation this summer I turned to hubby and said...I don't know how much more of this I can stand. I hate this company, I'm bored by what I do, I'm crushed by the responsibility to all our employees and accounts. I hate to sound selfish, it's done amazing things for us. However, I'm bored, frustrated and stressed all at once. It infiltrates every aspect of our lives.
Lo and behold we were approached by a competitor to sell not long after getting back. We've been through the range of emotions once it became a possibllity. We've come up in our minds, and using honest to god real figures and calculations, what we think it's worth. How it's valued by them may be a different story. We will soon hear the offer. And we have to decide if we sell, if we sell and have to stay on, how far to push negotiations. We have an idea for a different company if it's a lot, but not enough. I'm uncertain how we go on from here if the offer is completely unattractive. We're both now completely mentally ready to retire or at least take off a long stretch of time.
We're actually holding up, and I gave myself permission to feel whatever I feel because there is no way to not be excited or to protect myself from feeling disappointed if it doesn't work out. It's been very weird to have to run this business as if nothing is changing and make hiring decisions and business decisions as usual when everything could potentially change very quickly.
The countdown is on.
I've owned a business for many, many years now. High highs, low lows. It's like being bipolar without the benefit of a diagnosis or medication. The biz has done well, it's also absorbed every bit of our lives.
On vacation this summer I turned to hubby and said...I don't know how much more of this I can stand. I hate this company, I'm bored by what I do, I'm crushed by the responsibility to all our employees and accounts. I hate to sound selfish, it's done amazing things for us. However, I'm bored, frustrated and stressed all at once. It infiltrates every aspect of our lives.
Lo and behold we were approached by a competitor to sell not long after getting back. We've been through the range of emotions once it became a possibllity. We've come up in our minds, and using honest to god real figures and calculations, what we think it's worth. How it's valued by them may be a different story. We will soon hear the offer. And we have to decide if we sell, if we sell and have to stay on, how far to push negotiations. We have an idea for a different company if it's a lot, but not enough. I'm uncertain how we go on from here if the offer is completely unattractive. We're both now completely mentally ready to retire or at least take off a long stretch of time.
We're actually holding up, and I gave myself permission to feel whatever I feel because there is no way to not be excited or to protect myself from feeling disappointed if it doesn't work out. It's been very weird to have to run this business as if nothing is changing and make hiring decisions and business decisions as usual when everything could potentially change very quickly.
The countdown is on.