My husband and I got master’s degrees from a top engineering school. We had excellent grades and good experience. We could have had a high-flying career designing skyscrapers in Manhattan or Chicago. We decided to live in Maine, where we design a lot of houses and other small structures. But you know what? We started our own firm and work from home in a beautiful house on three wooded acres next to the most protected river on the east coast. We are so happy to live and work here. Every time I go out to the mailbox, I think how lucky we are. So if that’s “falling off,” it’s fine with me. 
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