@Adirondackwannabe This is such a sweet thing to ask.
I could just use advice about not letting work get to me. I switched jobs twice in 2012. I went from a stable place where I was valued and treated well, but which was paying me a salary nearly $10,000 less than I should have been making. The first job I thought would be a dream, but it was the worst job I ever had working for a mentally ill, abusive person. It took a huge toll on me, mentally and physically. My current job is very cool in many ways, but there is an ingrained climate of irresponsibility, laziness and unfairness here which I’m struggling with. I’m also debating ending a 10 year relationship which is going nowhere and I’m about to turn 50. I feel like the last year has turned me into someone teetering perilously at times on the edge of being a bitter shrew.
I’d also like to sell my house and buy a smaller one more in line with what I really want, but I have no idea how to go about it. Lots of decisions to make and I feel sad a lot. Sometimes I feel independent and confident about being alone and making it through a really tough time, but other times I feel exhausted, alone and not very positive about the future. and now I’m in tears…sighhh…