After working for 12 years at the UK's biggest telco, I am moving on. In fact I leave on Tuesday.

I am leaving with a release payment as the company is looking to lower staff numbers and it seemed like a good deal.

The timescales have been very tight, and I am left thinking what I would like to do. Lots of ideas are running through my mind, and I am not looking for a solution to my own problems here, but I get the feeling from talking to people that it's quite a common thing to do in your early 30's, to pack it and start again that is.

So what did you do in your past when you started something new? What gave you the drive to go and do what you did? What did you go and do straight after you left?

Starting this thread was triggered by my own situation, but I am not really looking for answers, just experiences. Buy hey, if you have answers I would be more than grateful

Cheers

Cris.