[INTPenis]

That's a really good point, yes. More than a decade with the same employer.

But at the same time that employer provides such job security that it allows me to travel the world (which I just started) and still work.

So that's kinda keeping me there. That is also what is motivating me to get back on track because I have a goal now, to travel, and my job is financing that, and the freedom my employer provides is making it possible.

But yeah I have been dabbling in the job market to kickstart my motivation again. But it has to be a remote-only job of course.

[BxGyw2]

It's tough hey - I'm in the exact situation you're in right now - got my resume open on the other screen. I think it's important to always remember (jobs, relationships, any situation really) that although it can be hard to see outside your own situation the world is inconceivably large and numerically it's super unlikely that you can't find a day job equal or better than the one you're in. Good luck with the hunt dude

[kubanczyk]

> I have a goal now, to travel, and my job is financing that

Are you trying to fool your own emotions that way? That part of your brain is not that clueless not to recognize that the daily life did not change, only labels got rearranged. My hypothesis is that work is more important to you than travel. And my second hypothesis is that your goal was de facto (at the time you wrote the top post) to maintain stability, i.e. to change nothing about your job.

[jwmoz]

A decade at the same place sounds soul destroying. Try something different.

[wnolens]

Yes I like a 4-5y rule. Highschool, college, jobs.. Enough time to really transform yourself, then move on.