So, I've moved across the country, changed professions, learned some really valuable life lessons, took up falconry (which has become my passion) and started drawing and painting again.
I was definitely not happy with life for a very long time. At the worst of it, I could no longer draw, which was one of the smallest of side effects, but since this site is about art, I should mention it. I had an 8 year art block.
I ended up with an opportunity that not many get in Life. The opportunity to risk it all, get away from everything, and start over.
It paid off. :)