Hi everyone,
Thought I'd reintroduce myself to the community. A recap for those of you who didn't see my post about software yesterday:
After close to 20 years in the industry, I sold my company 2 years ago, and have spent those past 2 years away from all things windows. I was living the good life. Of course I had the anticipated "who am I if I'm not a window cleaner" mid life crisis. When I got over it I Did some interesting projects. The one I'm most proud of is my partnership to start up and run a coffeeshop (milldistrictcoffee.com). all the while I was thinking I had finally gotten over my emotional bond to window cleaning. But alas, fate had other plans.
The guys who bought the business from me have spent the last year in a very bad business dispute, and now my old company that I loved and nurtured and lived for is now in legal limbo. My noncompete is up, so instead of waiting for the legal system to do it's thing, I am starting and building a new company. My barista days are officially over.
I've gotten over the pain of watching the solid 35+ year company reputation slowly go down the drain. In a way, my old company was an institution, and therefore an albatross. I wasn't always feeling like I controlled it, but it controlled me.
This new opportunity is exciting in that I get to do the things I always wished I had done In my old company.
This business is going to be different in a couple ways.
1. I can't be a workaholic. I promised my family...husband and kids will disown me if I backslide on this promise.
2. The past 2 years away allowed me to sever the emotional ties that bound me to the customers. Any of you who care more than you should, know what I'm talking about.
3. I'm downsizing. I don't want to have many employees. In a way I'm going back to my humble beginnings. Any work I don't want to do, I'm subbing out. I used to feel compelled to book everyone who called, and that's where the business controlled me. I'm not doing that anymore.
im being open about all this because someday all of you are going to make the life change, and when I did it, I didn't have any personal stories to fall back on. People leave this industry all the time but we don't usually get to hear what happens to them after. I just figured you guys might want to know.
so there it is. Now I have some questions for you...
1. what has changed in the industry over the past 2 years? What did I miss?
2. is anyone here selling an rodi system? I might be interested. Message me.
that's it for now. I'm glad to be back. I missed being part of this tribe. The civilian world is a little bland.
Thought I'd reintroduce myself to the community. A recap for those of you who didn't see my post about software yesterday:
After close to 20 years in the industry, I sold my company 2 years ago, and have spent those past 2 years away from all things windows. I was living the good life. Of course I had the anticipated "who am I if I'm not a window cleaner" mid life crisis. When I got over it I Did some interesting projects. The one I'm most proud of is my partnership to start up and run a coffeeshop (milldistrictcoffee.com). all the while I was thinking I had finally gotten over my emotional bond to window cleaning. But alas, fate had other plans.
The guys who bought the business from me have spent the last year in a very bad business dispute, and now my old company that I loved and nurtured and lived for is now in legal limbo. My noncompete is up, so instead of waiting for the legal system to do it's thing, I am starting and building a new company. My barista days are officially over.
I've gotten over the pain of watching the solid 35+ year company reputation slowly go down the drain. In a way, my old company was an institution, and therefore an albatross. I wasn't always feeling like I controlled it, but it controlled me.
This new opportunity is exciting in that I get to do the things I always wished I had done In my old company.
This business is going to be different in a couple ways.
1. I can't be a workaholic. I promised my family...husband and kids will disown me if I backslide on this promise.
2. The past 2 years away allowed me to sever the emotional ties that bound me to the customers. Any of you who care more than you should, know what I'm talking about.
3. I'm downsizing. I don't want to have many employees. In a way I'm going back to my humble beginnings. Any work I don't want to do, I'm subbing out. I used to feel compelled to book everyone who called, and that's where the business controlled me. I'm not doing that anymore.
im being open about all this because someday all of you are going to make the life change, and when I did it, I didn't have any personal stories to fall back on. People leave this industry all the time but we don't usually get to hear what happens to them after. I just figured you guys might want to know.
so there it is. Now I have some questions for you...
1. what has changed in the industry over the past 2 years? What did I miss?
2. is anyone here selling an rodi system? I might be interested. Message me.
that's it for now. I'm glad to be back. I missed being part of this tribe. The civilian world is a little bland.
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