Just a thought here...

 But work-wise, COVID changed so much for the world as far as how we work. For two years, work was done remotely as much as possible. Now there are several ways to work - full time in office, mixed (part time in the office and part time remote), and fully remote. Employers have learned that remote work still gets done and often much better and faster than in-house. With less distractions, work can be done more easily.

Which made me think just now, with so many companies going full remote on everything they can, which saved boatloads of money on expensive leases for office space, a lot of this office space is going to go to waste. What need for skyscrapers and fancy, expensive offices other than to prove that the men in charge of leading these companies have a need to compensate for a lack of something elsewhere?

Which also made me think, I've had a few good sites for remote work bookmarked for ages and done nothing with them. As I'm still employed but seriously looking for employment elsewhere, I'm going to not only be putting in apps with traditional employers locally, but also applying for work with a number of these remote work employers and seeing what pops up. Worst that can happen is I'm still stuck in a job that's no longer a good fit for me, and going from there. There's always hope and work to get into something better, while also working on the shops. Things will look up eventually. Just a matter of time.