I'm going with option #2...

Hang out in low-level land, give it the disrespect it deserves at the same time you are preparing to escape it.

As I keep saying, there's NOTHING wrong with Low-Level Land, or being IN it -- so long as I realize that's what it is, and put in its proper perspective.

It's the eyes open, not shut, that counts.

Cheers!

-- TW