I've been eagerly anticipating ER for as long as I've been working. Now that we have finally made it to FI, I was planning to quit early next year at 41. My job is just fine, and in fact people often remark that they would do anything to have one like it (good pay, mellow, work from home), but I just don't want to have to think about the pettiness and be bothered when I'm doing other things. So, all was sailing along pretty smoothly until DH landed a very intense job with megacorp in a different state. He loves his work, has no desire to FIRE, and took the job mainly for fun. We moved this summer, and since then over the past 2 months, he has not had a single day off. I've been missing his company a lot.
We work in different specialties in the same field--and enjoy sharing our work lives. Since work is about all the life he has these days, he suggested that I come and work with him at megacorp. I could see the upside, so I started talking with megacorp. I have a second-round interview soon. It's extremely competitive to get hired there, so I may not even get the job. But my real worry is what will happen if I do? Part of me is very concerned that this will be a major mistake. I don't want to work 70 hours a week. I don't want a lot of stress and hassle. I can imagine what my day-to-day life will look like, and it's going to be rough. But at the same time, I feel drawn to it. I think the work would be very engaging and satisfying (as well as stressful and all-consuming). I guess I can quit whenever I want, right? I am afraid, though, that I will wake up one day, find it is 2023, and I didn't do any of the things I was really looking forward to doing (especially traveling). On the other hand, I'm relatively young and it's probably not going to kill me to work my butt off for a little while. I should mention that the pay would probably be about the same as what I'm making now.
What do you think about my situation? Am I crazy for even thinking about doing 10 times the work (with 100 x the stress) for the same money? I kinda feel like something is wrong with my decision making skills right now...
We work in different specialties in the same field--and enjoy sharing our work lives. Since work is about all the life he has these days, he suggested that I come and work with him at megacorp. I could see the upside, so I started talking with megacorp. I have a second-round interview soon. It's extremely competitive to get hired there, so I may not even get the job. But my real worry is what will happen if I do? Part of me is very concerned that this will be a major mistake. I don't want to work 70 hours a week. I don't want a lot of stress and hassle. I can imagine what my day-to-day life will look like, and it's going to be rough. But at the same time, I feel drawn to it. I think the work would be very engaging and satisfying (as well as stressful and all-consuming). I guess I can quit whenever I want, right? I am afraid, though, that I will wake up one day, find it is 2023, and I didn't do any of the things I was really looking forward to doing (especially traveling). On the other hand, I'm relatively young and it's probably not going to kill me to work my butt off for a little while. I should mention that the pay would probably be about the same as what I'm making now.
What do you think about my situation? Am I crazy for even thinking about doing 10 times the work (with 100 x the stress) for the same money? I kinda feel like something is wrong with my decision making skills right now...