Full time for seven years in one of the most stressful, challenging, deadline-driven, and occasionally traumatic careers you can choose. It's long hours, low pay, uncertain, and I love it as much as I hate it.

It probably added to my getting bipolar. I didn't have problematic issues till a few years ago. But I owe thousands of dollars in student loans, so not working is never going to be an option. I'm fortunate in that my bipolar seems to be mild, letting me live my life even though I have those days I don't want to get out of bed.