Hi Nicole Chardenet and thanks for sharing!!!

Ironically, after recruiting 3 friends to work with me at my old job, I got fired, but since then my old manager got demoted to staff and all my friends quit.

I like what you said: “I’ve been doing [jobs] for the last twelve years that pay well, but leave me feeling depressed even when I’m performing well and I don’t know why”

In my case, working a job that left me depressed ruined my young marriage, too. The combination of financial stress and mental health issues exacerbated our lack of chemistry to the breaking point, unfortunately.

And I have to agree about Universal Basic Income / Freedom Dividend — $1,000/month would have made a big difference for me this year, especially since my meager unemployment benefits got retracted by the state after my former employer accused me of misconduct on days that I had actually been on vacation in an unemployment hearing I couldn’t attend (because it was my first day at a new job!).

The good news for me is that through choosing jobs that I am engaged with and enjoy (local gigs and blogging on Medium), it led to a half-time remote work opportunity in web development that started today!

Best of luck to you in finding a job that isn’t depressing!