Do you do contract work? Or has it been run-of-the-mill full-time employment? I agree about not living based on what other people think--I guess it's the typic

Do you do contract work? Or has it been run-of-the-mill full-time employment? I agree about not living based on what other people think--I guess it's the typical decision between "take a risk" and "comfortable misery"... although put that way, doesn't seem like there's really choice, does it?