You sound like you're caught up up on what you should have done in the past, rather than what you could be doing now. It seems like you enjoyed your former emp

You sound like you're caught up up on what you should have done in the past, rather than what you could be doing now. It seems like you enjoyed your former employer, just not the role you ended up in. Is the bridge burned there, or could you pivot back to your original role, then try to work your way into that manager role, down the road? Perhaps even jump into that manager role right away? Don't think about the director role right now. As a pop song said: "if you want to be somebody else, change your mind". Attitude is everything, approach your situation differently.