The entire final section of your great personal essay (you wondered how it did so well--I'm surmising that Medium "boosted" it--the latest iteration of curation) resonated strongly with me. I don't yet have the inspirational success story to share with you. I can show you how much this spoke to my present condition. An essay I posted in October ( https://medium.com/@marcus17043/the-artist-the-alchemist-and-the-pioneer-at-work-in-my-garden-59b5c4a77e63 ) that touched on a lot of topics including:

"One of the reasons I moved to New Hampshire in December 2020 was to leave behind my old vocation as a real estate lawyer and investor, in which I had chased my tail and treaded water for years, to dive into writing on Medium both as self-psychotherapy and as a stepping stone to some new career. At first, I had grand ideas of becoming a late-blooming syndicated columnist, then for a long time, I saw myself going back to school for a self-designed multidisciplinary MA and Ph.D. in spirituality, philosophy, and writing so I could become a professor, which... I recently scaled back to starting out just finding a position as an adjunct professor, teaching any one or more of a number of subjects such as business law, philosophy of law, writing, philosophy of spirituality, etc. [An earlier] essay discussed how various synchronicities in April [2022] led me to move to an area of Pennsylvania that contains many small schools. Yet, here I sit, five months later, having taken no steps toward this goal. Why continue to procrastinate? My sister asked me if I fear failure, which is a common reason that procrastination as a defense mechanism arises. Possibly, but I don’t think so. I know I am constructed to teach. Yet, there are many paths that include teaching. In my Medium bio, I describe myself as “a deep thinker; an explorer of ideas and the mind.” In an essay about purpose that I wrote back in January 2021, I wrote “I am here to share my insights with whoever finds them interesting.” In a discussion this past Wednesday with my spirit guides facilitated by my channeler, Ane, who has played an integral role in my spiritual journey since 2010, Rama asked me if I wanted to be a writer. Apparently, my guides see me writing a book one day, which as they put it, would be my legacy. So it seems my procrastinating does not stem from fear of failure but instead from lack of conviction about which path I want to take."

So now, David, I'm coming up on a year since my move to PA. While there were a few periods of wasted time/regression, I do feel I am moving forward again and on a good path. I think my most recent writing (both my essays and lots of meaningful engagement with others, including many that I had not previously met who leave very encouraging comments to my comments) shows that I am again, as you wrote, "sharpening my tools...preparig the way...getting ready."