Adjusting your quality of life to the pay scale of the ideal job may be worth it. At least it could throw a smile on your face. My friend is a Engineer (contro

Adjusting your quality of life to the pay scale of the ideal job may be worth it. At least it could throw a smile on your face. My friend is a Engineer (controlling trains and jazz) who quit after 40 years to work in a greenhouse for 1/10th the pay. He doesn't live as well, and driving a used beater but he smiles now and enjoys facing the day. Took him a few years to slowly dial down his costs and ingrained habits though. Consider as a method of last resort?