I've been through all of this, it sucks. But this line sticks with me:
"Honestly think the only thing that keeps my health and my marriage intact is my running."
I gotta start running. That's the one thing I always get wrong.
Good luck. Just remember, this happens all the time. For you, it will be a learning experience. In a year's time, you'll be in a new situation with almost a completely new life, and your experience will be valuable to that next step.
Next time will be a little bit better. You'll be a little more trusting of yourself, with a little less naivete, and you'll create something again. Or you'll help someone else create something. Either way, your life will get better, because you're a capable person who started a company, and you're capable of even more. Do the best you can right now and stay positive. The future will be brighter.
For me it's cycling not running (arthritis runs in my family and one knee is pretty fucked from a football injury).
It's literally the only thing that keeps me going some days I reward sustained effort with a ride and a ride wakes me up, clears out the cobwebs and I get some of my best work done after a ride.
It also helps that I've lost more than a stone (14lbs) in just over a month by switching diet and cycling 200 miles a week :).
"Honestly think the only thing that keeps my health and my marriage intact is my running."
I gotta start running. That's the one thing I always get wrong.
Good luck. Just remember, this happens all the time. For you, it will be a learning experience. In a year's time, you'll be in a new situation with almost a completely new life, and your experience will be valuable to that next step.
Next time will be a little bit better. You'll be a little more trusting of yourself, with a little less naivete, and you'll create something again. Or you'll help someone else create something. Either way, your life will get better, because you're a capable person who started a company, and you're capable of even more. Do the best you can right now and stay positive. The future will be brighter.