Things (may) be about to change

It's Tuesday November 28 2017 and I’m sitting by the fire in my home in Atlanta.  After 11 years of owning and working for a very busy specialty foods store and restaurant,  I am faced with two offers to buy my business.  While I love the guests and I love what I do, I’m tired. I think it’s time to sell and let someone else take the market to the next level. The store has been the best business I’ve ever been involved with, but it has taken over my entire life.  It’s been ten years since I have had a holiday off. I’ll be 50 next year so I’m no longer young, but I’m not ready to be full-blown “retired” either.  It’s an exciting place to be, but also a bit worrisome.  I get antsy after a few days off.  I don’t golf, play tennis or belong to a country club.  I have no kids. I’ll need to do something.  Of course, all of this could fall through and both offers could dry up.  I may be working at the store another couple of years, so I’m not counting the chicks before they are hatched. But it sure is exciting to look a them!

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