A change of pace

A kinda cool thing happened lately that I wanted to share.  I've got a new contract in curriculum development. 

On the one hand, it's a total success.  This is a field that I pretty much asserted myself into, and as a result has provided me intermittent contracts.  This is by far the best pay I've ever earned, and with luck could earn me at least some more contracts.  I like the work, but it is a field that is generally powered by off-site contractors.  Which is to say I like the work, but I hate working from home.  It's hard to stay motivated, and then I beat myself up for not getting enough work done, and by the end of the day, the only person I see is Matt.  And I really like him, but he doesn't like being the focus of so much attention.

This is relevant because I am taking some time off from both of my other positions (at the bank and the internship) to make space for this contract.  It's about time in the whole job hunting affair to reassess what the heck I am doing with myself.  It's been about a year since I defended and I never could have imagined I would have this much trouble finding a job.  Both the internship and the bank job have been nice stop gaps, but... dang, I want a real job.  So I need to figure out what that means, and how to get that.  I still feel like I am starting from square one, which is frustrating.  But I've got another year of experiences to shape this new restart- maybe I will come up with something different.