Uncertain times

I was turned down for a job today - I had the interview nearly two weeks ago, and waited in anticipation only to find out they didn't think it was a good match.  It sounded like the end of a relationship, frankly.  Whilst they admired my skills, they didn't think they could offer me the best place to use them (it's not you, it's me).  Unlike the end of a relationship, they don't particularly owe it to me to give it to me straight, but I would have preferred a bit more specific feedback (it's not me, it's you).

So I'm back into the unknown - where will I work, live and play?  Will I find a job in Edinburgh, or Glasgow, or indeed even in Scotland?  There are a lot more jobs going down in London, that pay better, but I don't want to live down there again, and it's also harder to interview for a job down there.  Will I take a permanent position, my first in ten years, or will I remain contracting?  Will another contract job just frustrate me?  Will I again in a few months time find myself leaving, saying I didn't want to work somewhere where my best wasn't wanted?

And so in these so-called uncertain times, I find myself fully immersed in uncertainty.  (Relatively) newly single, not knowing where I'll live, with whom I'll live, or indeed whether I'll find work fast enough to stop me having to move back to Australia.

Not the best of times!