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[quote=Anonymous]I really hate my job right now.  Without going into too much detail, I have outstayed my welcome and feel like I am in a semi-toxic environment.  It kills me everyday to drop off my kids at daycare just to go somewhere I hate.  Needless to say, the stress of it is also impacting our family life.  In the interest of maintaining my professionalism (and dignity), I have to stay through the end of July to finish up some projects I committed to months ago, but after that I plan to resign, whether I have a new job offer or not.  We are in the process of figuring out whether we can afford to simply have me stay home full time, but that would likely mean the end of my career (at least in my current field).  I had never planned to become a SAHM, but right now it sounds sounds blissful compared to my daily existence, even though it means giving up significant income.  I feel so burnt out and demoralized that I feel like I will never be able to regain my professional confidence, and I also feel awful about the stress it is putting on my family.  My question is, has anyone overcome this situation and gone on to success in subsequent jobs?  Or is this life telling me that I need to slow down and focus on what is important (my family)?  I suppose I am just looking for stories of people who have been in similar situations, what they decided to do, and whether they feel that ultimately they made the right decision.  This feels like a scary fork in the road, but I know I'm not the first mom of young kids to get beaten up by the corporate gods.[/quote]

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