[garrickvanburen]

Have a job for your job.

When I was a teenager, I had my jobs to acquire some discretionary cash for things my parents refused to fund (e.g. build a skateboard mini-ramp in the backyard). I got a job to get the money to buy the supplies, and spent years enjoying it.

In the intervening decades, I forgot how satisfying it is ot see the job as a means to fulfilling a personal goal.

To me, this purposefulness, this I'm-here-to-achieve-this-personal-goal, eliminates concerns about what a current or potential employer would think about your time not working. As any job is in service to a larger personal goal.

Also, for very experienced people, it sometimes it takes 6-12 months to find the next right role.

Take care of yourself.