It's been two weeks. I've been casting my net, but the break is nice. I'm trying to punch up from my weight class, get paid a little more and right now I'm only considering fully remote. I really don't want to take the first place that'll have me because I'm “failing”.
In the meantime I'm trying to get approved for unemployment so I can take some time to find the right thing. I'm fortunate to be married and have a support system to help until I can sort out some income. My parents have encouraged and helped me get started on going back to school. I've taken a while to try and figure out what I might be interested and good at, I've currently landed on Psychology working towards counseling and therapy. I start a fully online university transfer program in January. I've started to dig myself out of my depression nest now that I'm not eat-sleep-working.
I'm proud of myself for adapting. There's definitely some challenges ahead of me in the fight for my quality of life, but there's kind of a good plan, and that's enough for now.