Thank you AJ. I think you kinda get me right now. I will try and use your line in the future - "My vision of the future is limited, and it always WAS". It does sound like a more ACTIVE statement than my more passive statement that my vision of the future is limited. Yes, it does feel like the autopilot is on sometimes.
Thank you T^2, I appreciate your trying to help me have a vision of the future, especially as my kids are watching. I get it, but ya'know, sometimes its difficult to figure out what the new me is going to look like.