“How do you go back, and what do you do, and is it going to be satisfying?” she said. “I also worry that I’m going to be too old. I have a sister-in-law who’s two years older than I am. She’s had a career, but she got laid off. It was really bad. She’s had a really hard time finding permanent employment. And she feels it’s her age, so she took the year she graduated off her résumé.”