it appears at 40 im to late for a career change,oh well the wife will be happy,for me another 10 yrs in the rat race.
I was after similar information, how nice to find someone had already asked for me.
How happy will you be if you don't follow your dream?
How happy will your wife be if you beat yourself up for the next 10 years for not doing it?
I am younger than you, but I have finally reached that point where I'm sick to the back teeth of the petty bureaucracy and oneupmanship of my day job.
I have finally come several realisations:
- Life is short (I know... duh!)
- I hate working at something I don't enjoy
- The rat race sucks, big time
- Trying to "play it safe" is really dull
- This flying notion just won't go away
- Money isn't everything
- Material possessions won't make you happy
I know that many of the younger readers will scoff at the last two points. That's fine, it's a personal thing.
I am married, no kids. My aim now is to pay the mortgage off as quickly as humanly possible. At the risk of turning into a right miser, I've been on a major anti-spending binge recently.
Once the mortgage is squared away, flight training begins. It'll take a few years to get there, but I will do it. I don't really care what I end up flying, as long as I fly something other than a desk (though a G-V or ACJ/BBJ would be nice).