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[quote=Anonymous]hi OP,

1.  I don't think you are self-absorbed.

2. As a total aside, I found when I cut my intake of grains (bread/pasta/oatmeal/rice), and of course got more sleep--and went to bed on a regular schedule, it really helped me.

3.  I am a SAHM and have some nice unused degrees gathering dust.  When I became a SAHM, my stockbroker told me I was wasting my brain and my old boss laughed and said, "what do you DO all day?"  Anyways, just saying that it is a real identity shift and an exercise in humility.  LOL nobody cares what I think, anymore, comparatively.

4.  I've resisted going back into the work force and when I reflect on the reason, it's because I really don't like the type of stress that the type of work I did put on me.  My career and my personality really don't match.  I am capable of doing brainiac stuff all day but I'm happier doing something with physical and visible results.  I'm also happier doing something that can be done as shift work, so when it's over, it's over, and I'm not mulling over complex questions as I try and fall asleep.  I used to fantasize about working at Starbucks!  I bet those folks don't churn their heads about grande mocha lattes as they go to sleep.

So OP, I think you are on the right track re: reflection.  Now just to work on the fit between any potential job and your personality.  Remember, people make their own prisons, so for example, as hard as it was to break into my profession, it was just as mentally hard to break out of my profession and not see myself as a loser for doing so.  To allow the degrees to gather dust, so to speak. Or to put it another way: to not get sucked in by your sunk cost.  (Which btw they won't once your kids get older, your prior experience will really come in handy)[/quote]

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