[mod]

When I think about these types of decisions, I make a list of the possible outcomes.

Then I look at the very worst possible outcome and judge how bad it is.

It's never "dead." It's rarely "unemployable." It's often "basically the same, with less cash in the bank."

Making this list makes the decision easy.

[catch22222]

Thanks for this, some of the best advice I've heard so far. Makes it really hard to rationalize not quitting. Maybe I will have to get another job, maybe it will be lower paying and I'll have less savings in the bank, but at least I will have tried to live life on my own terms.

[madamelic]

How do you have that username? Are you an actual HN mod or was it just dumb luck?

Sorry for the off-topic (but I did really love your answer. :))