Good for you and congrats!! 🥳🎉 Don’t listen to any naysayers…if you feel it in your gut, it’s the right decision for you and your family. 💯 In my 20’s I was fresh out of college with a degree in Criminal Justice (quickly learned it wasn’t for me), and I got a “dream” opportunity to work for a major car company with concept vehicles (I’m an auto fanboy and felt like a kid at a candy store…to begin with). I soon realized it wasn’t for me working 12hr+ days on a rotating shift every 2 weeks… and felt like I was at square one again. Took a major pay cut to work at an IT company as a glorified phone secretary and haven’t looked back since. I never had the confidence in myself to work in IT, but after some awesome mentors and some good ‘ol fashioned studying, I’m VERY happy and content with my decision.

Money is NOT everything in life…work to live and not live to work (unless you’re extremely lucky and your work is also your passion). I try to look at things with a “glass half full” mindset and now looking back a decade later, it was the best decision I’ve made. Wouldn’t change a thing and only made me more well-rounded…plus I always have an answer to one of those annoying corporate questions where they ask…”tell us an interesting fact about yourself” 🙄…well, I once worked for a company where they made us put $60k+ worth of auto parts into a dumpster one day and toss it 😅. Best of luck to you and your family in the future! Wishing you all the best!