Its been a month for me since retrenchment. I'm on the Data Analytics / Business Analyst side of IT, and I've applied for around ~25 roles so far. I'm waiting to hear back about the most hopeful one this week, but after thirteen years of full time work, I too have longed for a job in the realms of sunshine away from the glow of the screen.

However, Most of the jobs I'm going for are definitely firmly bathed in the glow of screen.

I'm hopeful for the future, but I've got a very decent financial runway to let me be a bit more picky about where my future goes.

I've been spending so much time in the gym and have been reading a lot; and it has been an incredible boon for my health. So good.

Everyone I speak to about being redundant offers sympathy, I tell them it is the best opportunity anyone can have to not only reinvent themselves, but also reflect upon what they really want to do when they grow up.

I don't think any of us have that bit figured out yet.