A perfectly understandable answer. I also failed to consider your family and, more importantly, your son. As a father, myself, I can empathize with the difficulties of giving up ‘family time’ for ‘work time’. It’s the main reason I left my otherwise beneficial retail management career… the better I was at my job and the more I advanced, the less I saw of my two boys. I made the decision to move to a lower paying job closer to home so I could be more of a father to them.

However, I think you’re wrong on the ‘great idea’ front… I’d wager you have a few decent ones rolling around somewhere. The other reasons, of course, are more than valid.

Good luck with the job hunt. I am well acquainted with the feelings that come with longer term unemployment, which is why I wound up in entry level food service for the present. I needed something to pay the bills until I reached the point where I was ready to juggle family and school. I hope you can find what you’re looking for or, at the least, something to keep you interested for the time being.

I’ve shared enough of my personal history on this site that there isn’t much need for a private conversation. Your question is perfectly valid, and given the deteriorating state of our economy I’m having to reconsider all of my options. Creating a new business requires three things that I lack right now: a great idea, substantial financial resources, and the willingness to commit unlimited time and energy to get it off the ground. Even in the best of times, new business ventures are incredibly risky. In the current business climate, even if I had everything necessary to get it started, the chances of success would be even lower.

Reading through more of your past posts along with the newer ones…I have to ask:

If you enjoy creating and building something from scratch…and have proven more than capable of producing a successful venture from it…why continue the search for employment? Why not build a new business, one that will have new challenges and new learning experiences?

You seem rather focused on being unfocused. Rather, your self-stated history shows your interest in changing your professional ’scenery’ and moving on to learn something different. Why stop now? Why settle for looking for employment you might not enjoy when you have proven you can build something new for yourself and expand your own personal knowledge?

Perhaps this would’ve been better suited as an email, but, honestly, this post is old enough that I don’t think anyone else will be reading it for awhile.

Feel free to remove the comment if you believe it’s better suited for more private conversation.