Russ,

You and I have talked about the photos, and while I still sell a couple hundred a year, I'm to the point where if I don't sell any this year I really don't care. It takes lots of time to obtain a good one, and even more time to produce a fantastic one. The magazines still pay the same or less than they did 20 years ago for a photo, and the pay scale for a feature story is about the same as two decades ago as well.

At this point you have probably made all the money you really need, therefore, if I were in your shoes I would think seriously about either selling the business to someone else, or allowing someone in the family to gradually take over and run the business, while you remain majority stockholder and collect a portion of the proceeds. Then you could spend as much time as you wanted, doing exactly what you wish to do.

For me, I'm still searching for that 47-foot Morgan Outisland sailboat, one that will allow me to sail to the Florida Keys and play Buffett tunes at the tiki bars during the dead of winter, then sail back to Chesapeake Bay and play my regular jobs a couple days a week during summer.

Life's really short, but unfortunately, most folks don't seem to discover this until they're nearly dead.

Good luck,

Gary

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