Made a pretty big "down" move myself, except in my case I ended up changing careers. 1. I think the biggest challenge in making these decisions is the fear of

Made a pretty big "down" move myself, except in my case I ended up changing careers. 1. I think the biggest challenge in making these decisions is the fear of making the "wrong" move and the fear of "regret". The reality is that there is no one right answer - regardless of what path you take, regret is baked in and guaranteed. The alternate path/s and its possibilities will always go unexplored/unknown. The question is which one are you ok with the consequences, both upside and downside. Which one are you going to regret more in terms of not taking action? 2. You are onto something in terms of money. We forget but it's only one form of exchange albeit one that we easily understand and that's why it dominates our thinking. But there are others not so obvious ones like time, energy, and identity which are of a higher order but don't get as much airtime. Obviously, you can't make decisions in a vacuum given others are dependent on you. I've written about my experience that might help. A collection of frameworks to think it through: https://www.leadingsapiens.com/essential-career-change-frameworks/ https://www.leadingsapiens.com/essential-career-change-frame... Some questions and the framework around money: https://www.leadingsapiens.com/questions-midlife-career-change/ https://www.leadingsapiens.com/questions-midlife-career-chan... More questions around mid career dynamics: https://www.leadingsapiens.com/mid-career-mistakes/ https://www.leadingsapiens.com/mid-career-mistakes/