Times are interesting.

The recession has forced a great number of people into realizing what is really important to them.

My work hasn't been effected by the recession that much as I retired from a higher paying career at 40 and decided that I wanted the second focus of my work to be on helping people. One way that the recession has effected me in this way is that the lower paying feel good about what we're doing jobs are now **flooded** with applicants. There were 100 fellow applicants for the non-profit job I somehow landed while in the relatively small Vail Valley. I expect to have equally stiff competition for similar openings I find in my new town.

CE: Great life changes for you. Congrats. Lead with your heart as that's where you can most easily find happiness.