Migrant Success - HERE is the answer

Boyd -

I'm flattered you might think I actually designed my life - and I guess from the post I wrote (which is 100% true - though slightly embellished) ...that's the way it appears... but I can't claim credit for taking that "leap" when, in fact, I was rather pushed out the window...

...to put it simply, I'm a dot-com refugee (this is how I "accidently - or perhaps through just plain dumb-luck" came upon my new lifestyle... yeah I know... hey - I'm being honest). I didn't set out to design things the way I wrote - but once I was in free-fall, I realized "Jesus! Oh Jesus!! From 6-figures per year to 6 dollars per hour!! Where's my parachute?! I don't have one!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

(when you're in freefall it's not like you're thinking clearly)

...but seriously, after the panic attack faded I took a deep breath and thought "hmm... how can I turn this around and enjoy whatever it is I do - even though I'll be paid relatively little?" ...and thus you have the outline/new rules I mentioned (there's a bit more to it than that also, but you get the idea).

So my utmost respect lies with you for actually having the guts to design things without being pushed out the door, unlike myself (and perhaps others)... Thanks for the advice ... it's always welcome from you.

- Anon

p.s. - Boyd, have ya' got an email address? (yeah - quite a lotta' nerve I got when I don't reveal my own - ey?)

> Hi,

> You mean you designed your life instead of
> just drifting into it?

> (That's what my wife and I did, also.)

> You wrote:

> My advice, for what it's worth, (btw this is
> a case of do as I say, not as I did since my
> ex-wife and I had twin daughters) my advice
> is always make your life-changing decisions
> with the head on top of your neck or your
> children and alimony situation could change
> drastically.

> Best,

> - Boyd