Sounds like You have it all figured out, congratulations. I guess You just needed to whine a bit, sorry for attacking You. It's not my place to offer tough love. Realistically speaking the more self-identified defeatist victims out there, the better my odds of success are.

As I am trying to be a more positive person this year, I will counter your last sentence with...Learn how to interview better and go after the job You want, never settle for what is easy over what You want, don't sell yourself short.