No, my business debts are all mine. I don’t have a partner. I sold equity in the business years back, but all the business debts are only co-signed by myself.

I am working on the IRS issue, I hope to have a payment plan setup with them in the coming weeks. They were easy to work with the last time I contacted them, so I’m hoping for that same result. We’ll see.

you’re probably depressed. I know that you’ve written that you’re not but when your vision of what you want and the vision of what you’re experience are different, it creates a tiring inertia.

if I were you, I’d make a list of 2 or 3 things that make you happy and start doing them– that’s how I seperate my emotion from my work.

the three things on my list are: reading; playing the piano; and exercising.

my “exercise goal” is “being able to row 14,000 meters per hour on my concept2 rower.”

my “piano goal” is to playing songs from the nutcracker by next christmas.

my “reading goal” is to reading several “classic” economic, literature and philosophy works.

have fun! because when you have fun in your “private life,” it infects your “worklife” and that’s the way it should be– i.e. not the other way around!

I love reading your blog and I offer my next comments in the nicest way possible – it is not my intention to be mean and/or snarky in any way.

I notice grammatical errors in your blog and I know you are soliciting clients for your business – I just want to be sure that you have someone very trustworthy reviewing your business documents for grammatical errors. In a perfect world, it shouldn’t matter if you use “seperate” or “alot” in a business document, but sometimes, it does. Please be sure that you have someone reviewing your documents carefully so your future clients see that you are a top-notch professional company ready to offer them a top-notch professional product.

Wishing you all the very best – and please, do not take this as a mean comment – I honestly have your very best interest in mind.

Much success,

Susan

@Jim – No, I would not borrow money for the business. I’m just debating about current profits and where to apply them…

@Jason – Touche

@the1chery – I think he probably is sorry. His blog infamy won’t ever be back, so he’s lost that. His wife has left him, and that’s not coming back.

I did feel that Dr. Phil really didn’t challenge him much. He seemed unsure about what to think of the kid. I wish he had a chance to know more about Casey and really go after him more. I honestly don’t watch much Dr. Phil, but I thought he was more abrasive (”tough love”) then what I saw on the show yesterday. The line about flipping tents was pretty funny though.

Overall, I do hope Casey can move on with his life. He has to be at least close to rock bottom, and that’s not a difficult place to be. But, it was his actions that put him in his current situation, now he has to deal with the consequences.

Amen to that. Is your mom paid back yet?

you’re much smarter than that. but what’s the real figure? if you can apply a thousand dollars for a return greater than your interest do it.

i’ve found in business there are rarely conditions where more money translates directly into more profit. warren buffett says the same thing. but it is possible to starve a good idea, too. if you can prove returns on investment in your own enterprise exceed interest costs, then invest.