Escape the Mid-Career Doldrums: What to do Next When You're Bored, Burned Out, Retired or Fired

<br />I have been a veterinarian for over thirty years. In the last four years, I had become bored and restless. I knew I had another ten years in me, but I also knew it couldn't be as a vet. I had financed what was a dream to me at the time, a new animal hospital. I was trapped. Out of desperation, I picked up "Mid-Life Doldrums." I was stunned as I watched myself come alive. I turned each page only to find myself living there inside. All the feelings and emotions described were mine and I found that others experience the same pain, restlessness, and confusion when their carreer no longer fits. This book put me back on a straight path. I see the world in a whole new way. In January, I closed my office door for the last time and have discovered my new career. I am working with a magnificent herd of 50 horses who belong to Cirque du soleil - Cavalia, the acrobatic-equine ballet that travels all over the world. I still wonder what would have happened to me if I hadn't discovered this book! It calmed me down and got me focused. <br />Saira Jensen DVM

I retired from a sucessful career as a mortgage banker and looked forward to golf, bridge, and unlimited quality time with the grandchildren. It was great for awhile and my husband, who had retired into a hobby - making and selling duck decoys- and I travelled around the country. But, it wasn't enough. I found I had too much time on my hands and yearned to be busy again. "Escape..." made me realize that life isn't just one career and that's it. I followed the precepts espoused in the book and began to envision myself as a co-ordinator of volunteer services at a local hospital. I started to do volunteer work and gradually made myself indispensible to the director of volunteers. Now I work directly for her (with a respectable salary) three days a week and my family and I couldn't be happier. Thank you Charley and Marcia. <br />