Mmmayday38, have you given much thought to getting an Agent? perhaps for other employment as a Movie consultant. I just feel your life experience has so much more to offer and for us to benefit from, than you just hidden away in a left hand seat.
I dare say a book of your life and especially your experiences over the last year should be compelling and required reading.
Post traumatic incident management is something that we are obviously not up to scratch on. Your decision to quit some deride as spontaneously foolhardy (given the economic climate) - I consider it prescient. It's not hard to look into the future, its just hard to act on what we see.
I'm not going to 'wish you the best' for I'm sure the best is coming your way. I am however going to wish you all the social skills of dealing with your coming bounty when it arrives! (try practicing laying out the 7 forks in the dinner setting and knowing which one to use when!
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