It is an option if you're willing to lower the bar on your standard of living, and if you have a family, your family's standard of living. Eventually, you weigh everything and decide whether or not the effort and experience is worth the pay or life itself.
Sad to say, but isn't that why some people end up committing suicide? Because they don't see how anything's of value?
Of course, such quitting-income decisions are easier to make if you're single and young. Looking at yardie's experience, that's a great example of just going and doing whatever, without requiring the huge cash one would need to do what OP did. OP was obviously in a very fortunate position.
Sad to say, but isn't that why some people end up committing suicide? Because they don't see how anything's of value?
Of course, such quitting-income decisions are easier to make if you're single and young. Looking at yardie's experience, that's a great example of just going and doing whatever, without requiring the huge cash one would need to do what OP did. OP was obviously in a very fortunate position.