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Give up my job for a quality life?
I am married and in my mid forties living in the UK . I am not wealthy, but I have a respectably paid job. However, I have done a fair amount of career building and I am getting sick of the 'rat race' and the stress and responsiblity in my job. . I am wondering about giving up 'quantity' and getting a better 'quality' of life. This would mean a big change, give up my job, less money, move home, but less stress. Some epople say, change when you retire, but who knows what the future holds. I'm ready for change now, but should I take the plunge?
Public Comments
- If you have enough money where you can comfortably "retire" and I use this term loosely since you are quite young, then go ahead and follow your heart. Life truly is too short, enjoy it!
- Only you can make the decision ultimately, but why not start by looking into going part time in your current job while you cultivate the kind of work you really want to do. Then you'll know you really like the new direction and be able to gradually ease into the change. There's no time like the present - quality of life is very important and you should go for it.
- I hear a lot about you in your question, but I don't hear anything about how this would affect your marriage. Do you have kids? Before anyone could give you any advice worth having we would need to know more about those things.
- I did , sooooo much better , just make sure you can finance yourself ::::::ie , the walk to get the paper : the daily elec/gas/council tax (mobile in the bin) ::::::No more traffic , soppy meetings , its great
- If you were single, I would say "Do it" in a heartbeat. However being married carries some responsibility and the change would obviously impact upon your wife and her lifestyle. If she is up for it, I think you should go for it otherwise you face a very tricky dilemma. Yes you can wind down for retirement but by then you may be too old or sick to enjoy the freedom. Make the most of your life and choose how you want to spend it. Work to live, dont live to work.
- you kind of answered your own question. if you feel that way then do it. Only you can decide. Good luck.
- First I will just say you can contact me if you wish to talk further but I will toss in my perspective. There are things that everyone wants to accomplish in life and 99 percent of those things are shaped around time and money. One without the other isn't very fun. I know money doesn't buy happiness, but neither does being broke. Money can offer control over time and there for give you freedom. I'm saying don't toss money for time. Basically what I do for a living is teach people how top build residual income while keeping their job. This money eventually becomes their primary income and they then have no problem quiting their job to do whatever they want. It does take work but you have to ask yourself- how bad do I want change? Sincerely, Ken Seavert
- I think you absolutely should change career paths if you feel strongly that you are unhappy. Regardless of what your wife may think of it at this moment, your happiness in other aspects of your life cannot help but affect your marital relationship. If you are unhappy and stay on at your job, there is no doubt it will be reflected in your personal life. If you have a strong and nurturing relationship with your wife, you should not hesitate to speak with her about it, getting another perspective in the process. Ultimately, it comes down to what you value more. We all like to talk about quality of life, but for a good percentage of the population, quality comes from quantity. So think hard about what makes you happiest and if you know for sure those things are not creature comforts, then plunge away!
- I have made career changes and taken jobs that offer me less than I am able to attract so that I can have a better quality of living rather than just existing to go to work. If you can afford it, even if it means giving things up... go for it. No one on their death bed says "I wish I'd spent more time at the office".
