I received some really sweet sentiments from some folks today in response to my last post.

I'm still in an odd place. I should first clarify by saying that this is not a self-esteem issue really. I know I rock. It's an issue of finding where and how I fit.

It seems odd to me to be feeling this way right now, what with my imminent promotion and all. I really do love what I'm doing. I just feel like I'm in the wrong place, doing the wrong thing. I don't know where the right place is or what the right thing would be, but, to paraphrase Justice Stewart, I'll know it when I see it.

I think I've just let a lot of old wounds open themselves up for no good reason other than I thought I could handle them better than this. Cryptic, huh?

I think I may do some offline writing to help myself confront some of this bile so I don't have to take it out on you, dear reader. There's a lot of unresolved crap that I've repressed for the past four or so years that I just need to acknowledge, process and move on from.

That sounds simple enough.