This comment is wonderful. As somebody who works with local politicians and community leaders professionally I really appreciate this good advice. I would add -

This comment is wonderful. As somebody who works with local politicians and community leaders professionally I really appreciate this good advice. I would add - local government, either through election, government office work, or consulting often offers (and demands) a very large breadth of topic knowledge and work. Have you thought about strategic consulting (government or otherwise)? I'll provide a real life example - my background education is in law, but I work professionally consulting on Emergency Management. For the entirety of COVID I have been working with my local government to stabilize our food bank network as they navigate food system supply chain issues that have caused serious suffering in our food insecure population. Prior to this I have consulted on land mobile radio systems, website design, fire fighter line of death inquires, mass vaccination, and many other areas. Consulting offers this amazing opportunity to soft "quit" a job when a project ends, but offers continuous employment through your consulting firm. Over a career, you get to see the inside of dozens of different operations, and you always bring an outside perspective. You are hired, in part, to solve unique problems and work on hard tasks where your breadth of knowledge will be appreciated and work as an advantage for you. And, if you have a client you hate working with or for, you are always just a few months from moving on to the next one. :-)