Another month, another special issue for our paid subscribers! This time, we’re answering questions from readers about career change, podcasts, our dream pop culture gigs, and what we’ll get up to when we finally hold an all-Dames gathering. If you’d like to submit a question for a future AMA, hit reply or leave a note in the comments!

I'm thinking about leaving teaching after ten years. What's your advice for starting over career-wise at 36? With three kids? I don't want to go work for a corporate overlord, but I want to feel okay about leaving work at work and being present for my family.

Margaret: The biggest thing I would like to stress here is: there are so many more jobs than you imagine. When you’ve spent your whole adult life pursuing work in one type of job, especially when that job is a could-appear-in-Richard-Scarry’s-Busy-World-books role like teacher or librarian, it is honestly hard to imagine the diversity of opportunities that exist beyond that field. I am here to tell you that there are jobs beneath corporate overlords that you could genuinely love. And I am also here to tell you that there is joy in having a job you don’t genuinely love, a job that’s just a way to earn what you must to live the life you wish to. As for how to go about finding those jobs, here are my basic tips: