My Dream Was to Keep Going. The Doctor Said Stop.

I saw a creator I follow filming through the "cringe" of being hella vulnerable online about the struggles of entrepreneurship and polling her followers as to whether she should keep fighting for something she'd poured everything into or walk away. And I felt that in my whole body because I lived it when I had my restaurant in Mexico City. I wrote her a long comment, then realized somebody else–maybe you–might need to hear it too. In this video I'm talking about how you actually know when to keep going versus when to walk away, why the people around you literally cannot give you the right answer no matter how many times you ask them, what a 190-something blood pressure reading in a doctor's office taught me about pride versus picking myself, how I made the decision to close and the actual hard work that came on the other side of that choice. Drop your answer in the comments. When did you know it was time to walk away from your baby (your business)? Subscribe for more about the journey to building and maintaining a life abroad on your own terms. -- 0:00 — Why I'm making this video 1:47 — Her story and the question 4:23 — My restaurant, from the ground up 7:11 — Why strangers can't answer this 10:38 — The doctor visit that changed things 13:52 — My dad's heart attack 18:09 — Pride vs. survival: what I told her 22:44 — Making the decision and the plan 26:31 — Selling, closing, and moving on 29:17 — Finally equipped to build what's next