It struck me that if I move forward with any transitioning, that I ought to moonlight on the weekends and perhaps evenings at a second job where they know form the start, and this would have some benefits.

  • Extra Money
  • New People with a new baseline for interpersonal relationships
  • A reason to develop a professional wardrobe and public style
  • Chance to grow out of the shyness that being secretive has caused over the years
  • Less time to sit and ruminate and worry about deciding, just going out and 'doing' instead.
  • *possible new career option /safety net if my main day job will not 'fit'
  • it would make me feel like a real person in the real world


Anybody try this strategy? I imagine I will have to at least talk to my boss at my day job, but it's such a roughneck career that I am doubtful that transitioning would leave me in any comfort level there.