I posted last year about my job and how I wasn't happy and feeling in fear or redundancy. Still in a job but basically very unhappy and still insecure. Appraisal this month and I think my boss and I will have a right laugh doing that It's made me realise that my job disatisfaction was being masked by the general manicness of having 3 young DCs, and really I've not enjoyed my job for years.
My main difficulty is that I'm the main earner, DH is self-employed so work not always stable, and I am able to work round school so I can do the school run etc. To get a similar or better job in my field I'd need to commute an hour or so each way and I have serious doubts I could fit that around school .
Just stumped. Nothing round here seems to offer the flexibility, or the pay that I need (and beleive me I'd be prepared to take a cut in salary to get out).
I've been exploring various options. Thinking of becoming a doula (marslady has been advising me on that ) and it sounds wonderful but I have worries about the money side, at least to start with, and how I am going to find time to train whilst still working.
So it seems to me I am at some point going to have to cut the strings and retrain in something and maybe become self-employed. Anyone else done this from the position of being the main earner? It scares the bejaysus out of me but I can't carry on as I am.