I am 37 and I'm tired. Sitting on half a million in investment accounts, $150k equity in a house thats 1/3 paid off at one of those "historic low" interest rates.
Edit: No kids or debt outside of my mortgage, and my cost of living I would say is above average, but not big-city high by any stretch.
Current job is like $160k a year and it's a miserable nightmare. I keep getting moved up, more responsibility, more unrealistic deadlines, I'm sick of having to explain basic crap to people that make more money than me. I did the grind, saved a ton of cash, I never get time off, I travel for work, home office when not traveling (2 weeks a month) and I feel like I'm gone all the time. I want a personal life. The business model is failing, I don't see the value in the org anymore, and looking around… we're all just waiting for the layoffs. This company probably won't exist in 5-10 years.
A bottom-level job just opened up near me for 100k at an old pharma client I had. It would be easy. It's with a company that… you make sacrifices to get a job there. Sabbatical, tons of vacation, crazy retirement benefits. It would be a 30-50 minute commute but I don't even care anymore. No dress code. Show up in a T-shirt, put my airpods in, get stuff done. I'd buy a Tesla and use the charger at work, already checked on that and it's not too competitive and I'd get there early enough.
What would you do?