I'm always curious to hear what industry/focus area you are/were considering to go to? I often half-joke with my partner, that maybe i will stop working as a technologist and become a motorcycle mechanic. So, what direction are/were you thinking of going to?

EDIT: I should clarify that a job like motorcycle mechanic shoud not be perceived as a demaning job as compared to a technologist role...Rather, this is one job that i legitimately have an interest in...and one reason is becauase i feel that i can leverage my problem-solving skills but also the part of my brain that involves using my hands in a different way than typing and/or pulling network wires, etc. Side note: I owned a home for 22 years and learned along the way that i like "working with my hands". :-)

I didn’t have a clear direction. That was partially the reason I came back - it’s easy to listen to siren call of money when there’s little else pulling in the opposite direction. I currently have enough money to do nothing till I die (assuming I die before 90), but that doesn’t sound very satisfying either.

> ...I didn’t have a clear direction...

Yeah, that's one issue that i have as well. While, yes, i mentioned motorcycle mechanic as one option for me, i have other directions which i can take...and just can't decide. Sadly, i lack the cushion that you made for yourself, so i feel like whatever directions i decide, i'll have to be careful, lest i get to my latter years a tad too poor to stop working full-time, etc. ;-)