After years of doing it, I was very very sick of it and just wanted out. I'm a developer by "heart" and I just want to build and tinker. I do love spreadsheets, and I love the thrill/ups/downs of business, but the monotony is what kills me. I have another company I'm investing all my time into that I am optimistic of, and it's new and fresh again.
Thanks friend, I appreciate it. It's been quite brutal, but who I am at the end and at the start are very different, and I'm very thankful for that, even if I quite literally have nothing to show for it.