Ugh. Too relatable. Never had access to a gifted program, but had a shrink by 14. I can't even remember when I started just phoning it in, and it's taken most of my adult life to learn how to stop. https://twitter.com/sknthla/status/988848219898642432 …
Changing careers + scenery is sooo good. Just don't let "over the next year or two" roll over, you know? Pick deadlines for big moves like that, or they have a tendency to forever live in the medium-term future -- where the idea brings comfort but the reality never materializes