Hey guys, I have recently sold my business for multiple 6-figures (between 100k and 500k) and now I’m feeling lost and almost a bit depressed.

I always thought that exiting a business would bring me joy but it was almost the opposite.

I find myself in a strange situation where I have enough money not to have to work for a bit, but not enough to retire, and at the same time since I don’t have any new money coming in, I found myself becoming extremely frugal.

I tried starting new projects but I often find myself getting discouraged because the project doesn’t start working right away. Additionally, since I’m venturing into something new that I’ve never done before, doubts start creeping into my mind.

Alongside these doubts, there is also the fear of investing a significant amount of money into this project, and after seeing it fail finding myself in the same financial situation I was in before the exit.

Can any of you relate to this situation? Do you have any suggestions?

  • No-Star-8000@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I have no idea whether these posts are made to serve some whiny sense of narcissism or people making these posts are experts are (barely) failing upward. I can’t fathom why someone would want to ask perfect strangers on what to do because they are feeling “lost and depressed”. This idea is batshit insane to me.

    WTF do you think anyone would tell you here OP? This wasn’t a glamorous exit… but what were you expecting exactly?