That's an upbeat, positive commercial. I enjoyed it.

About 6 - 7 years ago I realized I didn't want to be partners with my law firm partner anymore and didn't want to be him when I was his age (mid 60s). Nothing against him - I just didn't want to be running a small litigation firm and having the headaches associated with that. I developed a plan for starting a different practice area that I could then break off and do on my own. I started building that practice in 2006 and it got to the point where it could sustain me within about 3 years, as I had hoped.

I gave notice to my ex partner 2 years ago and left 4 months later, starting my own mediation and private judge practice. There were some wranglings, unhappiness and disagreements about my giving notice which led to a lot of stress on my end. I'm happy to say former partner is now doing very well at another firm, and things are amicable. But that was a tough additional component to have on top of the stress of simply starting my own practice.

It has been a somewhat up and down first year and a half, but mostly up (certainly a vast improvement financially) and overall it has been a very good move for me and my family.

What sort of business are you thinking of starting?