One thing that you got going on for ya, other than your loyalty, sense of duty, and problem solving skills...
I think you just noticed this as well in this change, is something that most peeps, including myself, find it so hard to do in this time and place...
Change, and accept it. Most of us, even if we are misreable, or too stupid to realize we are misreable, hold on to the past, the past way of thinking, acting, and well... -not- living.
This you are embracing...
I think its also a result of U battlling the tendencies of ME, but alot of work. and correct habits went into that, kinda mirrors the philosophy of your job...
Ratio's...