Don, I was in a commission only job that was costing me upwards of $3500/month and I hadn’t been paid in four months. Summer was coming and the childcare was going to cost me an extra $1500-$2000/month. I didn’t just fall off the turnip truck — quitting was an intelligent move. If I’d had an actual salary I would have looked for a job first. I learned a ton in that role but it did not offer me good long-term potential and had a lot of short term potential for catastrophe. As it is, I will be recovering financially from the last six months I was there for 6-8 months, depending on what I find next and how thrifty I’m able to be.
I was married a lot longer than you and was divorced a lot more recently. There are LOTS of milestones in the destruction of my marriage, but I choose to focus on that one because a specific kind of growth began on that date and I think it’s important to keep track of it. I didn’t feel a lot of emotion around it, but it’s important to know how far I’ve come, and to evaluate if I’ve achieved everything I wanted to since that date. I realize I’m very blessed. I came back to update, not complain.
Me42, H40 D12, S8, S7 A revealed: 7/13 Sep 4/14; Agreed to D 1/15
