I have reached the end of an era and sit at a crossroads. When you have to make the choice on where you want to go next, do you take the road that you have taken in years past, or do you dare to go someplace different?

When I began working from home, I took on freelance clients right and left trying to make ends meet and somewhere in the middle I took on a steady paying gig and pursued my own things on the side. It worked better that way- because I could count on the money month after month.

I had a feeling that it was coming down the pike for a while, but even with that in the back of my mind it shocked me today to find out that the job was no longer. So now I find myself at a turning point. Do I go back to freelance work- picking up gigs when I can and pounding the pavement? Do I try for a permanent position and put the kids in day care?  Do I look for a part time gig? Do I focus my attention on my own projects and hunker down on the book that I am writing?

I can’t stop working. It’s not in my DNA. But I must decide (rather quickly) where to go from here.