The company is a mobile tech company and I'm not sure I'm 'done' with tech since I'm now consulting for a half dozen growth stage companies in the same space that mine was in, but I don't see myself jumping head long into another tech company right now. I'm more of a marketing operations and product manager anyway, so those skills are pretty transferable.
And, stunningly, I was able to say no to any non-competes/solicits so, I'm free to do as much competitive consulting as I wish. Not that I will, (I think the acquiring company thinks I'm too dumb to make much of a difference so, good for me), but it's nice to be free from any of that as a concern.
The focus on 're-centering' is something I've tried to figure out how to do. I ran the company for 7+ years and as someone else posted, it's really all that I knew and was 100% of my identity. Good news is that I get to do something I always fantasized about doing; waking up at 530a and NOT answering emails...instead, going for a couple hour bike ride, hitting the gym for an hour or so and then coming home to peace-and-quiet (wife is a lawyer so she's long gone by the time I get back - not sure when she's going to get tired of her slacker husband living the life of a part-time consultant, but I keep her well fed and flowered-up so, I'm trying my best :>). Sometimes I ride with buddies (consulting software engineers, so they pretty much make their own schedule) and sometimes just alone. Either way, it's relaxing and I'm getting my way too sedentary ass back in shape.
Oh, as a quick update, it turns out that no one from the company is taking the earn out which is bizarre (IMHO) because someone has to do the transition stuff and only one person is, for 8 weeks only. Not sure if that says anything about our company culture (entrepreneurial, startup minded, growth-hacker mentality -or- people couldn't wait to get away from the albatross fast enough), or if it says something about the acquiring company but nonetheless, that's what's happening.
In terms of the financials, all is said and done, the company has been purchased, all shares are being transferred and the money is being distributed in the coming couple of weeks...why it's taken this long remains a mystery but it has. I've had way too many conversations with our tax attorney and financial advisor (I asked her the other day if I've crossed over to having a wealth advisor . . . she laughed, I guess that's a no) and am looking forward to all of that being settled.
As for the rest of the stuff, I'm headed to the West Coast end of July and will be banging about for 3 weeks; mostly in SoCal but a weekend trip to LV is definitely in the plans :>)
Thanks for indulging me.