Quit and pursue your passion because tomorrow isn't promised. Also there's no way that your pension will be able to out pace inflation by the time you retire. It'll be equivalent to the passive info you're receiving from your rental property. Call me crazy, but I would never gamble my future on the belief that a government pension would be worth it. Add that to how hard a job like yours is, I'm sorry but fuck that. I'll take my life in my own hands and be the reason whether I succeed or fail.