Shall I speak bluntly? hehehe

You are exactly who you were before you did what you did.

Your job is not your identity. Your passion isn't even your idenity.

What you do is not who you are. What you do.... can be taken away.

Who you are? is yours and yours alone - and can never ever EVER be taken away.

I think the problem with people who lose what they do, and then promptly forget "who they are".... are the people that mistakenly thought that the ROLE they fulfill is their essence. They never took the time to actually grow their soul.... they just became what other people wanted/needed/liked.

And this is actually a great place for you to be, and you're asking all the right questions - because who are you? Yeah!! That's for YOU to define. not an industry, not family members, not friends.

You get to sit down and think about it and peel back those onion layers that you used to be so fond of peeling hahahaha but do it for YOU.

my two cents ;)