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[quote=Anonymous]How easy is it for me to change to a different career that I might enjoy that still pays the same? How will we afford health insurance and our bills if the person with the medical condition can’t work one day because of that condition and I’ve had to start over in a new career that doesn’t pay as much?

If it’s easy for me to make the changes and financially and health insurance wise we aren’t going backwards, I would do so.  People take jobs or stay in jobs all the time for the better of the family over the individual  - like maybe the dream job is 100% travel and that doesn’t work for our family so I either don’t pursue it  or find something else when we have kids.  But when you have to change jobs and there is a family trade off - like I can move to not traveling but we cut our income in half - then we have to ask is that the best solution for the family?  Is there  something else we can change to solve the problem or what sacrifices does the other person also have to make so we don’t end up worse off and unable to pay our bills.  Maybe that means a move to a lower cost of living area or we rent and don’t buy our own house.  That’s when we have to find a compromise or some sort.
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