Hi Stan, Hi Marshall, This was a great episode, and particularly resonant for me - as one of your older students - I think Marshall and I are probably of a similar generation - this idea of re-invention is something I have revisited many times. I seem to have a 7 - 10 year itch with my professional life (10 years in Sales (various); mid-life crisis (1) - year in a camper van with my windsurf board in Europe; return to Uni to study Land Surveying - about 7 years teaching Land Survey while completing a PhD in Engineering ; redundancy causing mid-life crisis (2) which coincided with me starting a family; re-invention as training professional for research students for about 7 years; then ran my own business for 7 years ; then side move into Academic Practice with a smattering of time studying woodwork and now my interest in art). I believe in 2 things: (1) Marshall is right about the need to be adaptable - and along with this you the need to see opportunities when they present themselves to you; (2) I have never felt the need to get the decisions "right" I have always seen them as another step that take you somewhere else where you learn new things, meet new people and from there find new opportunities; If you view it like this then it stops you worrying about whether your latest job/career is the right one. As long as you do the work to the best of your ability you can ask no more of yourself at each stage. Someone said to me once - "There is no such thing as a career path - its crazy paving, and you have to lay it yourself".