In 2001, after 5 years in the army and three years of soul searching, schooling and very junior web programming work during the dot com, I packed up my snowboar

In 2001, after 5 years in the army and three years of soul searching, schooling and very junior web programming work during the dot com, I packed up my snowboard and bought a one way ticket from Toronto, ON to Whistler BC with about $3500 in the bank all told. It wasn't so much a recovery from rock bottom as a fresh start, and it was probably one of the best moves I ever made, but it took another year or two after that move to "come full circle". I now live in Vancouver, am married to a wonderful woman and have two amazing kids. While at the moment I'm looking for more professionally, for a large portion of my life since that move I was extremely happy in that area as well. From what I've seen, a lot of people go through these moments at two key times in their lives: In their early to mid twenties, and again in the mid 40's (the famed "mid life crisis"). I think it's more common than most people seem to realize.