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I Left My Job And Bought A Business And Failed

Failing In Life

By: coffeelady
Written on November 3rd, 2009
Age: 46-50 , Female
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7 responses
  • juancarloambas

    It's so hard to move on.

    It's so hard to accept failure when everything you have has been put on the table.

    Nov 8, 2011
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  • juancarloambas

    It's so hard to move on.

    It's so hard to accept failure when everything you have has been put on the table.

    Nov 8, 2011
    1 like
  • juancarloambas

    It's so hard to move on.

    It's so hard to accept failure when everything you have has been put on the table.

    Nov 8, 2011
    1 like
  • Bellaroni

    Operating a successful business is tricky and is not for everyone. Don't beat yourself up about it. Think towards the future and for whats next. No sense in dreading on failure but learn from it and move on.

    Apr 20, 2011
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  • chucktarv

    I really understand what you are going through. My situation is very similar. I too left a secure job and am also facing divorce and a possible bankruptcy. While it makes me sad at the state I am in, I'm also feeling very much alive. I'm now holding down two part-time jobs and dealing with creditors and attorneys. In spite of what I am going through, I think about how trapped I felt in that secure job. - Chuck

    Dec 15, 2009
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  • isithimorme

    I'm sorry for you. I, too, am in a failing business that may cause a divorce and possible bankruptcy! I'm very sorry you don't have a family support group, b/c that is all I have right now. I hate coming here everyday b/c I feel it is a lost cause. I can't force the customers through the door. I feel I have given up, but don't know what else to do. Please know that if you need to talk, I am here! - Robin

    Dec 7, 2009
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  • justbeemee

    Oh, don't be so hard on yourself. I think it was brave of you to try your dream. A lot of business fail, but then a lot do make it. So yours didn't. It doesn't define you. You took a leap of faith, but it didn't work out. We all have to take chances in life and they don't always work out, but sometimes they do, Its the hope that makes us alive. It's ok to be a quiet person. Better than being a big mouth know it all or something. Know what I think, still waters run deep. Don't be so down on yourself, be proud you tried.

    Nov 4, 2009
    2 likes