Thanks for the congratulations!
I'm feeling good mentally. I got the reviews back from my book chapter & they were largely positive, so that won't take too much more work prior to publication, and another paper I've been working on is about ready to be submitted for review. Proving to myself that I can be productive has been a big deal so I'll feel good once some of these projects actually result in publications. That's a large part of the "currency" in my racket -- the other part is actual currency -- I could use some of that too LOL.
So, Napster, I very much understand your anxieties, though with me the timeframe is longer and it's not hire/fire, it's more slow torture of watching your position & influence rise or fall. It sounds trite, but at some point you have to let go of the anxiety about what you can't control, and just either do it for the sake of the joy in the parts of the work that you like or... or find something you like better.
That's my .02 for now!
