This is absolutely the case. I love the way you have phrased it.The nice thing about renting is the flexibility you have. Fairly easy to move to smaller/cheaper if really needed. If your $130k includes rent, then you already live lean and will be ok.We're currently renting in a VHCOL. The 60K income comes with health insurance.
Take a breather. It’s rough out there and you have built a solid lifeboat.
Invest in personal development. Maybe take some of those courses that you have always been putting off. Is this the moment to do an online course on Finance and Accounting? Because you never properly understood what Finance was going on about. Some technical area?
Also that time with the 1 1/2 year old. They change so fast! Little baby next door is now talking in whole sentences (just over 2 years old) even if they are partly gibberish.
I think at the Original Poster's level, it could easily be 1-2 years before they find a suitable role. They should focus on how they want to develop in the next role: what management or other skills they want to develop. What are their "jagged spikes" in terms of what are their key strengths and what environments will they best be able to deploy those?
Statistics: Posted by Valuethinker — Wed Sep 04, 2024 9:11 am