Many many things, but the one that spurred me to change something pretty profound about my life was 9/11. I had pretty lucrative career as a new photog in NY...then that day happened. We lost one of our photogs when the towers came down...lost countless other friends...family...covered so many funerals (including my friends. Try to imagine having to cover your own friend's funeral...weeping uncontrollably behind the camera...could barely see what I was video taping). About two months later I quit and left the profession to pursue my dream, which I am now living on a horse farm in NC. I'm a professional rider, instructor, trainer and run a boarding facility. Successfully.