Sometimes something stable happens when you do start at the bottom so dont rule out possibilities.
My moms friend went through a divorce that was so foul, disgusting, horrific and every other awful word you can think of. It was one of the most horrifying divorces I have ever heard of.
She was left broke and took a job as a housekeeper at a national hotel chain. Hardly an ideal position but she did what she had to do. A few months later she was promoted to head housekeeper. A year later she was made head of the entire housekeeping department and all of a sudden had an office and was the boss. A few years later she was promoted to a regional position of housekeeping managing several hotels. Not bad for somebody who started off a few years earlier cleaning rooms.
There might be some golden opportunity that sounds less than ideal but you can make it *very* ideal. Just my 2 cents.
