why I walked away and how I got here

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I walked away from NLO and essentially my life altogether and started praying like crazy (leading to the vision and being here in purgatory) because... I was burning out and unable to think clearly leading to a moment (directly the Monday after a negative performance review) of clarity that nothing was working for me. Patents had always felt like my calling (i have very limited specific skills at albeit a high level: scientific thinking and linguistic reasoning), so I was at a total loss after the negative review. Aside from that I was experiencing maybe schizophrenic symptoms of fuzzy thinking and MS cog fog. Even writing emails was becoming impossible. I had just had a promotion but the prospect of MORE responsibility (maybe just too soon) had me spinning. It's a complicated way of saying burnout. I'm still burned out even during this very enjoyable exploration of my creative side and seeing what life without a manager could even look like. 

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