I've been stressing over this possible issue for well over a week now. Now the possible issue is a hard fact. I just returned from a meeting that has my stomach churning.
I fucked up monumentally.
This has absolutely nothing to do with my clients, their families, their cats,dogs, iguanas, or money. This is simply a Lookout and family problem.
When I first formed my company I didn't spend the ultra big bucks on a fancy dancy top end lawyer. I DID hire a professional with experience in the arena after receiving a number of referrals in that direction. For unrelated, ongoing performance issues I severed that business relationship about 4 months ago.
After now working with my new professional and getting outside opinion on an issue it turns out a couple of very crucial errors were made in forming my company and those errors were compounded by the accounting side of things as time went on. I now have a problem with a lot of zeros that has essentially wiped out my business reserves and personal finances.
My mistakes, my responsibility.
The upside is that at least the problem is known, can be fixed, and the way to fix it, while painful, is pretty straightforward.
On that note, if I'm not around here much it doesn't mean I'm dead. It just means I have to be a grown up and clean up my mess.
Try not to kill eachother in the buildup to the election, I want the cellar intact when I come back.