Originally Posted by
mfanch 
Well, I lost a $200K+/year career, so I would say worse, BUT everything else got SO. MUCH. BETTER. I will never be well-off or even have a career like that again, but I am happy and free from the fear of financial insecurity. I have food on the table and a place to sleep. Life is pretty darn good I would say.
I have to abstain from this vote. At just under 9 months I am making things work for now. Basically I am getting by on a cushion I created last year - maybe I am the great carnac after all.