It is very hard to give up things we love! I sure hope you find a new love to work at:)! Maybe some voluteer work ?

Hugs for you! :)

It is hard to leave a job. But I'm convinced there's always a plan. You are not damaged goods, you just have a new challenge to face. I read something the other day to the effect that every challenge, every person who gets in your face with ugly is an invitation to grow and learn. It is all there to force your growth and make you stronger and better. Physical strength is not what matters the most in the end. We all loose that as we grow old. But emotional and psychological strength is very rare these days and something to be cultivated and encouraged. It will stand you in better stead in the long run then physical strength. Change and growth is a fact of life and you can't stop it from happening. So the best thing you can do is try to learn from it and move with it. Fighting it won't stop it, so let it take you somewhere new.

How right you are VioletsBlues. How right you are.....

I was laid off almost 2 years ago from a field I'd more or less been in my entire adult life. I wandered around for a few months trying to find a new job or figure out what to do. I have a mortgage to support and a couple furry mouths to feed and unemployment only lasts so long. To relieve some of the anxiety I was making more and more jewelry which is something I've always done. It finally dawned on me after 49 years that I am the happiest when I am making things. So I started a small business repairing, remaking, reselling vintage jewelry and my own new jewelry. I'll never make a fortune, but it keeps the mortgage company happy and I can afford to eat most days.

I think you just have to be open to new options and possibilities when they present themselves. It is okay to mourn what you had. You have to do that, but just stay open to the possibility that something else may come along that will also make you happy.