The Deuce: I've had good and bad. Unfortunately at this stage in our company's growth, we are stuck

Because the executive director must have total control of everything and does not trust his management team to make any decisions and refuses to listen to us with suggestions for change.

So we're just repeating the same mistakes over and over and expecting different results.

And what we get is a lot more stress for the managers and our team members, but not the director.

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The only really bad one wasn’t my real boss, just a project lead I worked for for a year or so.

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And that is even after willingly doing the work of 2-4 people for almost all of the last 3.5 years and not wanting to leave then.

Now I'm actively looking

I already have a 'soft retirement' planned in 6 years so I just need to find something to last me until then that pays decent.

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…to counting the days until I’m 59 1/2 and can start withdrawing from my retirement accounts. I like my new job, but I no longer have the deeper motivation and purpose, and I have a lot of days where I’m wishing I didn’t have to go to work, which hadn’t really been a feeling I had before.

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When my position was eliminated 2 years ago, I wanted to stay right with it for 5 more years, but now with my wife's parents and my parents all gone, the inheritance has certainly helped and I'm good doing part time stuff including baseball umpiring and uber driving. I still feel I could have a lot to give, but I am now past the 50-60+ hours/week grind.

I truly hope for the best for all out there, especially those who are early to mid in their careers and have families to support. Keep networking, not only in your career fields, but in the community, youth sports/activities family and other social connections, church, whatever. Some amazing doors could open, and I almost guarantee that your path will not be what you had scripted. Keep the faith.