janetvj
Dryer sheet aficionado
And it keeps running through my head. I have been lurking around the edges here for a while and thought I'd join in. I am in my early 50's but I have more than 30 years in with a state goverment job. I am eligible to retire with full benefits, and most importantly, with my health insurance intact. I am totally burned out at work, and long for a change. Unfortunately, I'd have to figure out how to live on slightly more than 1/3 of my current salary, which means I'll probably have to relocate. The problem with that is that I am sort of a weenie about change (how else could I have stayed 30 years at the same job, and my whole life in the same community?)
And now, to make things even more complicated, when I confessed to my boss that I was seriously thinking about retiring, she intimated that I was being considered for a pretty lucrative promotion. Now what? Part of me feels very intrigued, but the other part of me recognizes that as burned out as I am now, I am not sure that I'm up to the challenge. Should I hang around and see what happens, or just go with my heart and move on to the next phase of my life?
I know I have to make the decision myself, and there are tons of other considerations that I don't want to get into. But maybe hearing from others who have been in a similar situation may help.
And now, to make things even more complicated, when I confessed to my boss that I was seriously thinking about retiring, she intimated that I was being considered for a pretty lucrative promotion. Now what? Part of me feels very intrigued, but the other part of me recognizes that as burned out as I am now, I am not sure that I'm up to the challenge. Should I hang around and see what happens, or just go with my heart and move on to the next phase of my life?
I know I have to make the decision myself, and there are tons of other considerations that I don't want to get into. But maybe hearing from others who have been in a similar situation may help.