You're welcome, hanniabu. Glad you found it useful. Lately, I've been learning how helpful it is for all of us when we can share our experiences. I sense there's a lot of underutilized or unrecognized talent in the world. The potential for positive change is enormous if we could unleash it all!
Yeah this thread as a whole was great and seems there were more than a few out there that were having the same problem, and that's not including people that didn't comment. It's threads like this that makes HN a great community, where somebody can come in desperation and ask a serious question like this and be met with sympathetic and helpful responses.
