But my fear was that if I stayed in the same place for a decade, I'd never leave. I wanted an interesting life, and as much as I didn't know what that meant, I was certain that working for the same company for ten years would not help me figure it out. I convinced myself my prospects would improve if I were unemployed. To be unemployed by choice meant I'd have no baggage and be free to learn a new way to be. My vague ambition was to write books, and off I went.
