Why I Walked Away From My Six-Figure Job… & the Surprising Results 10 Yrs Later

Source: Huffington Post

Would you walk from a six figure salary just to pursue a passion and stay home with the kids?

Find out what happened to this employee who quit such a job

“Ten years ago, I was a corporate executive at one of the largest media companies in the world. I had a salary of six figures, a nice office and an expense account. A month later I was sitting at home with no job, no real prospects and no shoes on. I was ecstatic.

Truth be told, I had a pretty comfortable corporate job compared to most, but I was miserable. As good as I had it; I was still far removed from my earlier dreams of becoming a writer and pursuing more creative aspirations. I’d gotten a job in finance in my early 20s, and the next thing I knew, I was 36 years old and on a career trajectory not of my choosing. Yes, I was succeeding, but at what cost?

Although I feigned excitement with every successful step up the corporate ladder, I knew deep down that it wasn’t what I was meant to do. I started trying to breathe some life into my creative side, and it was invigorating. I began writing again.

Life was good, but I was still living in two worlds. Finally, after some serious soul searching and heaps of encouragement, I quit my day job and decided to follow my dreams. No guts, no glory. No brains either, some said at the time, but they were just projecting their own fears onto me.

The past decade has been one hell of a ride. I haven’t come anywhere near reaching the level of financial success that I had in my suit-and-tie days, but my account is full of untold riches when it comes to memories and life experiences.

As great as all of that stuff is, you know what the absolute best part of quitting my job has been?

It allowed me to stay home and raise my two young sons. It’s sad to say, but if I were still in the corporate world, I doubt I would have given up all that money to stay at home and raise my sons. I would have missed out on a lot!

Being with them for almost every life-changing moment has been more rewarding than any of my achievements in the boardroom.

It sure beats slaving away in an office all year long hoping for a 3 percent raise and dreaming about a shot at the corner office.”

Would you give up a six figure salary kind of job?

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