I am a speech pathologist, making steady improvements to my professional life (the first being a recent departure from the public school arena).

Moving further from the dangerously close city limits of The People's Republic of Cambridge wouldn't be a bad move either.

You do not examine legislation in light of the benefits it will convey
if properly administered, but in light of the wrongs it would do and
the harms it would cause if improperly administered.
--Lyndon B. Johnson

There will always be wolves in the world. Transforming ourselves into
sheep will not make the wolves go away. It will only provide them with
an easier meal.