Know what you mean Linda. Putting food on the table does lock people into a rut, understandably, and being made redundant is a fear, but can also be a release. After losing his job in his fifties, my brother-in-law went from working in a steelworks to teaching Spanish. He did over ten years in teaching, He enjoyed both jobs!Also as often is the case the N probably can't envision a step-by-step plan to a better situation
Love to see a repost! I get more than a few déjà vu experiences, and the mind does revisit and rehearse past conversations, and there's always future speculation...no wonder 'blunders' in the present happen!As to the memory of the younger by the older N, I would like to know more about Einstein's proclamation that time is not linear because I once drove to a house I lived in at a much younger age and had an overwhelming experience of the presence of that 15 year old "me" to whom I made a promise (of course I know better) I even wrote a poem about it back in the MWC days.
all the best
Phil