It has been too long since I have not been responding to the prompts.

1. a. I am in a weird area of my life. I am semi-retired, and that isn’t where I want to be. I was hoping that I would be doing some work in the music or entertainment industry after receiving my degree. That didn’t happen. I have no romantic relationship with everyone,…

1. I have had several careers, and I was like a poinsettia. I would learn new things that would help me in that new career. None of the careers fully bloomed. I did learn a lot about different things.

2. My alcoholism burned down one career for me. I still have some issues with that, but I am getting over it. I had to shift and find somet…

Usually, I like to answer these questions one at a time, but given this week’s subject matter, I think I will answer them all at once. I have several reasons for this. I hope they become apparent as I answer overall.

I have worked in several industries where taking advantage is the norm. Most of my teaching and coaching jobs were seven da…