Sur5r: Career choice to make.

I'm having a bit of a personal dilema here. A very good friend of mine has recently been given a lead on a potentially lucrative career choice. The person who gave her this information is a long time, close friend of hers, who I don't believe would ever lead her down a wrong path. My friend and I are both stay at home mothers who are becoming increasingly unhappy and unsatisfied in our lives. We both suffer from depressive states, that last anywhere from a day to a couple weeks. We are extreme in our moods, we are either very happy or very depressed. There is no in between. This has gotten worse for the two of us since we became stay at home moms. We are both aware that we were happier when we had a job to do that produced an income, we feel less inconsequentail.

I have done this sort of work before, but I failed because the line I was in required me to put money up constantly. As I have very little money to spare this was difficult, thus resulting in my failure. This career lead however, does not require any money. My friend is very excited about this, and I want to be. The problem is I am having a little self doubt. I don't want to go ahead with this and have it be less then I thought it would be. I think it would damage me in the long run making me more cynical than I already am. I am generally not a person who is afraid to take chances, but I'm feeling a little shaky in that department right now. I don't know how I would feel if it didn't work out.

What I'm hoping you can help me with is this: Do you see this being something that will be successful for me. Do you see me sticking with this or is it just going to be another detour? I think if I go into this with the right frame of mind I'll be O.K. Also, as a sidebar question, I am in the process of writing a fantasy book. I am putting my heart into this and think its coming better than I could have expected. What do you see as far as my success with this?

I'm sorry this was so long. I guess I had more to get off my chest then I thought. lol. Thanks for you help.

Michelle February 19, 1974

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