“The feminist in me wants to keep going to work and building my reputation and professional life but the realist in me wonders whether to give up my job and start enjoying a simple life.”
You imply that it is not “feminist” to quit your job. This is a misunderstanding of feminism. (Never mind how patronising it is to imply being at home is the simple life - maybe for you but not for millions of women who have tough lives at home).
Feminism does not mean that all women should work for pay outside the home and not to do so is un-feminist.
On the one hand feminism is the idea that women should have equal access to employment which means being educated, hired, trained, promoted and paid fairly (and not to have disadvantage in these respects versus men purely because of gender). Feminists support work-based initiatives such as paid maternity leave, caring leave, job sharing, protection from gender based violence at work etc.
On the other hand feminism recognises the 100s of hours of unpaid work women (and to a lesser extent statistically, men) do at home each week that enable society and the world economy to function. Lots of women stay home to care for children, take care of an elderly or ill relatives, take family to medical appointments, do food shopping and preparation, do cleaning and laundry, take children to school and help them with homework etc - and their families rely on these tasks being done for them without pay (except for the salary they sacrifice by not working) so that they can work for pay. Feminists understand the value of that work and want to make it easier for people to do that when they need to or choose to, for example by improving transport in a way that supports carers.
I recommend reading Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez so you don’t use the word feminist in a way that makes you look so clueless.