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Peace is underrated. I took a similar cut and eventually realized the mental clarity helped me show up better and plan for long-term growth.
10k, that's it? Thats like 500/mo. If you were scraping by sure that hurts but if you were ok then this is no biggie. In 2 yrs you'll be back to where you were.
Losing pay sucks, I got clobbered on bonuses years back and pay went down with responsibilities up so I get it. But take the win and enjoy the peace.
Rising Star
Private is chaos. I have a buddy who works in the private sector of my job and the same department as me and he is always drowning worse than I am and I’m slammed all day every day.
Rising Star
To me, I would rather take that $10k paycheck less for peace of mind than be more stressed and have it affect my mental health. $10k reduction isn’t a lot since we have to account for taxes. It’s a small deduction