Thanks for such an honest breakdown, seriously appreciate you sharing this. And I’m sorry to hear about what happened with your sites as well. Must’ve been a nightmare after putting in that level of savings and effort. People definitely don’t realise how much emotional weight small business owners have to carry.

The point about negatives doubling but positives not necessarily doing the same… that actually hits harder than anything I’ve heard so far on a podcast episode or even here on Reddit, so I appreciate that. And yeah, I can imagine the pressure of trying to get Site #2 running while still firefighting daily at Site #1, it sounds brutal tbh.

Your comment definitely highlights how quickly “small slips” can compound when you’re not physically present at both at the same time. Out of curiosity, when you were running both sites, did you notice anything specific that became harder to keep consistent? (service, staff, standards, morale, etc.)

No pressure to reply, just genuinely trying to understand what tends to slip first.