This is almost exactly what I have done. I took enough time off to accept the change, lose the working habit, and shed the rest of that identity. I came to find

This is almost exactly what I have done. I took enough time off to accept the change, lose the working habit, and shed the rest of that identity. I came to find I love working in tech. Sometimes I work long hours when I'm enjoying the problem solving struggle, sometimes I just take off and go racing. To each his own.