You are right that your odds for self-sustainability aren’t good to suddenly switch to literary author. You need book deals first. Try talking to some authors (online if nothing else) to see what the day-to-day is like.

Pediatrics has a lot fewer drug addicts and dementia cases. Would you move to a teaching hospital? Changing scenes (while a lot of work) gives a fresh buzz to ambition

If you are always on your best behavior, doesn’t that also mean you are also on your worst behavior? Are there specific times to relax permitted?

What is it about the plummeting rates of violent crime in the past few decades that called for this erosion of human dignity?

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tl;dr Pottery kiln is 100y older, reshapes understanding of Bedfordshire’s historic pottery industry