should i quit my job.?

[heartmummy72]

I am a teacher and work threedays a week I have been told I am facing a heartbabnormality being diagnosed. Should I quit to be with my kis. I want to leave. How easy is it to lose wages and cope with husband,s wage..

Depends how much your DH earns?

Also a heart abnormality can be lifechanging, but not necessarily life threatening.
Wait and get a diagnosis and consider your steps from there.

Thank you. Very wise. Ifeel a lot of stress has ben brought on with tthejuggling of work and home. To be honest I feel if it continues like this I might not have an option.

hang on - you hasve just had potentially life changing news which needs to be digested and then put into perspective
i am also a teacher - actually off with stress
perhaps consider doing the same
take time out
have a phased return, reduced hrs further who knows
but i wouldnt rush into making decisions
unless of course you are subcon looking for a reason to quit
andd lets face it most of us are doing that!
take ur time deciding

I worked three days a week then resigned due to stress (see another thread).
We have no loans to repay and a credit card with zero balance. DH knew I was desperately unhappy at work and told me several times to just leave.
I did like having my own money and a big bugbear for me was having to ask for money.
So we sat down and discussed our finances, we could manage all our household bills on DH money, he would transfer a set amount each month to my current account and that was for me for everyday money, toiletries, clothes etc (not housekeeping) so I never have to ask "can I have money for shoes" etc. We went down to one car as we didn't need two.
Sure, I can't go and have a massive splurge on payday anymore and I have to think 'do I really that that' but I am so much more happier and so is our relationship and homelife.

SP0104 that sounds like the outcome I am looking for with considering giving up my own business at the moment. Can I ask do you have DC? If so, how old? And how long have you now not been working for? Have you found it hard cutting back on general family financial splurges like holidays / home improvements etc?

I am going to say different ...if your job is making your life miserable and if you can really cut your cloth accordingly and your husband is fully in support of your decision then quit.

Life is too short.

LittleSpade - we have a 28 yr old son who lives with his girlfriend and has a good job, and a 20yr old daughter at uni (2nd yr).
I finished full time work last May, we rent (at the moment) a bungalow in a lovely area, so dont have to worry about home improvements, I spend a lot of time in the garden and seeds and stuff are bought from the pound shops.
We had a few weekends away last year using the Travelodge £12/£15 deals.
I do worry when the car goes for service or the animals have to go to the vets (even though we have insurance).
I sell some of my clothes etc on ebay and always check on there for bargains (got this years winter coat on there £15 including postage, per una, wool, with labels still on).
We will have to finance part of daughters gap year.
We aren't interested in having a brand new car, or the latest ipad/iphone whatever.
Like FlatCap says, life is too short, and I would rather be at home with my pets, garden and hobbies than sat in an office all day listening to arguements about whos turn it is to make tea, wether the air con is set wrong.

I'm sorry about your potential heart condition. I think you need time to digest this information before you make any life changing decisions. Could you get singed off for work for a while to come to terms with things? I just worry that making a snap decision may not be the right thing to do, but I'm not saying that giving up work isn't ultimately the right decision for you.

Thank you . I am currently waitng to see a cardiologist for a specific diagnosis Secondary teaching is sso stressful that I don't want to risk a potential heart attack. Such god aadvice about taking my time. I love the idea about cutting the cloth as well. I want to be with the kids but I want my y time to be valuable. I find as an english teacher there is so much marking and no quality time with the kids at home when I return from work. I feel stressed out doing their homework and by Thursday I am knackered and can barey summon up the energto'wash my hair. So DD and myself have a good'old'play all day as I try to recuperate my energy. Does anyone feel like this..?. Also as a teacher with responsibility for dissertations and folios you feel'sso guilty going'off!" Sick.