AIBU or selfish? I currently work 3 days a week and have a nice interesting stimulating job. Ive done the job for the past 12 years which has fitted in perfectly with bringing up my two children. DD 1 is now 13 and DD2 is now 12. However, I've always looked at job websites and have had slight feelings that i've stayed in this job too long and i'd like to stretch myself, learn new skills blah blah blah but until fairly recently have never seen anything that has caught my eye to want to apply for. Until recently that is.
Ive applied for and been offered a job which is in a different field with training. Two hundred and fifty people applied and five people got offered jobs. The job will have higher pay than i'm on now once trained. The downside is i've never done this job before so won't know if I really like it until I do it. I'm also very comfortable in my present job and am worried that if I leave and do the new job i'll regret it. The other big downside is that its an hours drive away and extra hours meaning i'll have to leave my kids an hour before and two hours after school (for three days a week). I feel like this is a big opportunity but i feel scared to leave my little comfort zone that both myself and my family are in. But my kids are getting older and are happy with the thought of me doing it. I may never get this opportunity again, but, I may not like the new job. Nothing ventured nothing gained, or better the devil you know. I'd really like to know what other people think. I'm really struggling to make a decision.