My partner is currently unable to work. She was earning around $13,000 per year. She has car payments of $1000 per month, I believe $15,000 remaining. She has student loans of $80,000. I don't remember how much she pays per month, she's asleep right now, I'll ask her when she wakes up. My job pays $27,000 per year, and we also get a house to live in (it's modest but totally decent), a car to drive, great health insurance (covered a LOT of our medical expenses), and I'm paying the maximum into the retirement funds etc and actually building something (~$5k since January I think), it feels good! Have $5000 in checking and savings.
The issue is: I'm exhausted with this job. At a non profit and it's classically under-staffed and everyone is over-worked. I could manage the pressure before, when I was single. I have new responsibilities now. My wife is sick, I want to be there for her. This job is pushing me close to a breakdown. I'm looking for advice, I'm overwhelmed in trying to project this out and attempting to weigh the pros and cons even feels like a challenge. I'd be looking to move potentially somewhere like Olympia, Washington. My wife and I both have bachelors degrees, mines International Hospitality Management, hers are Biology and Anthropology (I THINK. Evergreen sounds like a very progressive college :) )
I need to try and be realistic about what is ultimately best: punt for something new, or stay put and try to figure it out. I have tried to "figure it out" for years and I think the work has felt less fulfilling the last 12 months in particular. I think I just need a break, a sabbatical or something! Thanks.
edit: wife made $18,000 not $13,000. My mistake!
Submitted July 09, 2017 at 01:09AM by alexf_2001 http://ift.tt/2tVHPCF
