<human>: Long story short, I've been in IT for about 20 years, I'm 38 and have a high stress well paying consulting job.  I took the job about 4-5 months ago with a firm of people I used to work with at another company.  The Firm is great, pays well, good people, lots of perks.  The problem is that this is absolutely not what I wanted when I accepted the position.  I made it clear my focus was "work-life" balance but with the customers and projects they have me on, it's not happening.  This is compounded by the fact that I don't want to be doing this type of work and I'm constantly worried about the job (nights, weekends, you name it).

So I've been thinking of quitting my job, looking for a lower pay and lower stress position.  I'm not sure if I want to do a helpdesk or perhaps retail or something else.  Here are my questions for my fellow redditors:

1. Is it worth it?  I know I'll miss the money, but I have plenty of savings and I'm more concerned about the stress and my happiness.  I'm also trying not to fall into the "grass is greener" mentality, but this job almost brought me to tears over the last 3 weeks several times and I can't seem to leave the office at the office.  Also, since I'm not real happy, the people around me can tell and it's effecting them.

2. Since I don't have a specific career change in mind, what advice would you have for me?

My current plan is to keep my head down until mid-March and re-assess.  That will give me time to save some more money, try and resolve the work issues, and give me a more clear picture of if this is the path I want.  That said, I'd like to know what other thoughts are out there.

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<bot>: If you are unhappy with your situation, talk to the people around you about it.  Usually they pull together and help.