re: Considering rebooting my life

This is going to sound ridiculous, but maybe try zoning out on some House Hunters International. You hear people that have sometimes weird careers that you've never heard of, which might get your mind running. A chick I dated got a job hunting down fake Cajun "antiques" with the state. Who even knew that existed?

Working 75 hours a week is a problem you should have addressed earlier. Easier said than done, but "Do you want X on Thursday and Y on Monday, because both X and Y are not happening by Thursday," conversations you should be old enough to know how to have by now. I have been protected since I've been in consulting, because if you make me work, I'm charging someone for it. You mis-manage my hours, project profitability decreases, and the project boss is the one that gets beat over the head.

It sounds like you've had horrible bosses more than anything else. Every chick I've known that worked at a title company with a lawyer for a boss was usually drunk not soon after 4pm.

Your advantage now is that you should know how to ask the questions about work life balance before you hire on somewhere. But start interviewing to at least get the practice in.

To narrow things down, probably focus on Atlanta, Houston, and DFW. None of them is perfect. Houston is probably the least diverse in terms of clientele, with most of the money coming from Energy/Chem and Medical. With how many millions of people live in those three areas, you also have easy escapes to new companies.