Hi Peggy,

Thank you for your additional post and suggestions.  I will have to check and see if there is Qi Gong class I can take.  I was listening to a brief talk on box breathing a day or two ago and gave it a try.  I listened to a pretty good guided meditation a day or two ago that really focused on the breath.  It seemed to provide me some momentarily relief.

I agree, a new job presents the potential to “make it my own”.  My last fulltime job was actually a new position.  I tried to make it my own with limited success.  But…that does not mean a new situation will not be different.

I am trying to really hard to get out of the mindset that my next job has to be my forever job.  It might just be a stepping stone to something else.  Just because I take a job I do not have to stay in it forever if I do not like it or if a more fulfilling experience presents itself.  But…for some reason right now I seem to only be able to envision myself being in my next job forever.  It is crazy.  I tell my friends and my girlfriend that their current job, or their next job, or the job after that does not have to be their forever job.  But for some reason I am struggling with accepting my own advice. My girlfriend actually reminded me of my own advice this morning.

Again, thank you for your posts, supportive words, and suggestions.

Richard