Friend, you may have already answered your question here. There are an abundant amount of reasons as to why someone would lose interest, disengage, or suffer m

Friend, you may have already answered your question here. There are an abundant amount of reasons as to why someone would lose interest, disengage, or suffer motivation evaporation. If you lack the motivation to learn and improve in your job, it is only a matter of time that you can last in it, as you are experiencing now. You have done that soul-searching and found, to your dismay that you may want something else. Since your skillsets may be transferable to other industries, why not go ahead and do it. Your situation is very similar to what I have gone through, so in a way, this message is also one I'm writing for myself: Your fear, the question that is stopping you is the sudden shift in lifestyle because perhaps you may get paid less than what you are making now. You can prepare for this, as everyone already stated, by saving as much as you can before your next endeavor. Though you also need to strip away your ego because I know you will see this as a move down, starting from the bottom again. The question you keep asking yourself is, can I continue to do this every day, trade away my time for money doing what I no longer enjoy? Your soul is answering this by saying, I'm not interested in this anymore, why are you still here? So I mean, you just need to figure out who you're listening to, your ego or your true self. (In my case, I did receive a temporary cut in pay, but I enjoyed what I did day-to-day. And having a massive cloud over you versus feeling light-hearted every day is night and day. Also now I am paid even more than what I had been making before, and my expertise in the other industry provided me with insights in my current industry).