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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not spending enough "fun" time with the kids.  I took a high-stress job, which was good for the family finances, but it left me very stressed, overwhelmed and unhappy.  Even when I would come home from work, I would usually have to work in the evenings/weekends.  I think the kids never really saw me as anything else, even on vacations, I was not relaxed/fun, but online and taking calls, etc.  Even if I made time to do an activity, it was very "scheduled" and afterwards, even if we were having fun, I would stop and say that I needed to get something done, and go back to work....

Without my income, we could have had other problems, but i think if I had those years back, I would seriously reconsider my choices.  Often you adjust lifestyle to your pay, meaning even if you take a lower paying job, you can still do many of the same things, with some adjustments.  Maybe a smaller home, maybe stay at a Doubletree rather than a Ritz Carlton, maybe buy clothes from Old Navy instead of LuluLemon.  I am not sure the higher salary was actually worth the extra money, when you take into account the hours I was working![/quote]

From what I see at least now, those minor trade downs would nowhere near cover the cost of the type of career downshift you're talking about. It would probably be more like move to a different neighborhood (maybe that means a significant lifestyle change, maybe not). Whether you're in public or private it would likely affect school options too. Subbing out lululemon for old navy will do nothing to make up this difference, so don't feel bad about that at least![/quote]

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