It was not always easy to keep the matters apart emotionally.

They were connected in my life.

They still had different obligations, different decision-makers, and different records.

By the end of the first month of restructuring, operations were steadier.

The relief was cautious.

The conversion had removed debt pressure, but it could not instantly fix every weak decision that preceded it.

At the next board session, somebody proposed celebrating the change publicly.

“After the work has evidence behind it,” I said.