To the path less traveled…

So, after multiple breakdowns and near burnout, I finally summoned up the courage (and some financial cushion) to take the leap, cut the cord, unlock the golden handcuffs and parachute out of my otherwise stable and largely unfulfilling career.

Yeehaw! Whoo hoo! I did it. I finally quit!

Wait! What? I quit? Oh shit!

After the initial thrill and relief of no longer feeling bound to my job, I  was immediately filled with a sense of panic, terror and visions of me living in a cardboard house made up of my many shoeboxes.