Happier and more content with the decisions, yes. 🙂

Sorry for the delay, Lori. Boomer brain forgot to get the notification of follow-up comments. 😉 First, you are more than welcome. You’ve always been there for me, Lori, and I so appreciate that. And it has been great to see your self-rules evolve. Yes, I have noticed. 🙂 There’s a lot to be said for being happier, isn’t there?

Thanks, Anne. 🙂

I love how your self-rules have evolved. It’s like risk management (everything to me is like risk management!) — risks evolve all the time. You can’t simply slap a plan together and expect things to stay the same.

My self-rules have evolved in a similar fashion to yours. I used to take resume jobs. Now, I’d rather work at McDonald’s than write another Objective statement. I used to take low-paying stuff to get my name in a new area. Now, I don’t care to. I have enough work in my current area. Other self-rules:
— I don’t argue with argumentative clients.
— I don’t take on projects that bore me at the thought.
— I don’t take anything that interferes with vacation time.
— I save time for me.

I’m winding down my own career a bit, looking for things I love and enjoy doing, not things that simply pay the bills. I’m happier now than I was when I was chasing the next project.