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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=mjsmith]did the same thing 14 years ago.  took me about 4 years to get close to the same money i was making.  but the PTO and better quality of life was worth it.[/quote]

NP here: Would love to learn more. I feel like my job is making my mental health suffer. I've always worked and am thinking of quitting...and I've never, ever thought of not working before. I'm too young to retire but am thinking about a job that has benefits, but that I don't have to take home with me at night.

What was the realization you made 14 yrs ago and what was the shift? (from what to what?)[/quote]

my old job I was working 50-60 hours a week.  my last year there i spent about 20 weekends at work.  I had a three year old daughter.  and I was tired of missing stuff.  I had a company vehicle nice bonus structure,  but  not much vacay or holidays and it was a bit high pressure with some sales.

was ready to change fields, but ended up staying in the same field.  work for a government type org.  now up to 26 paid leave days each year  18 holidays, average 40-45 hours per week.  when I changed jobs,  even though I was making more at the old job  when you calculated my hourly rate at the new job it was 10% more per hour.   Plus other better long term benefits.

Quality of life has improved so much, we get a few busy times of the year which kicks the stress/excitement level up a few notches.

well worth it.  got to watch my kid grow up and actually have holidays and vacations.

we did have to do some belt tightenting initially from a budget point of view  [/quote]

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