[brewgardn]

This is not a recommended solution, but an observation of my own life. I felt almost exactly how you did - till I had kids. They gave the job I was once excited about, now bored about, a new rich level of meaning -- bc it was allowing me to provide a better life for them. They gave me a reason to have long term goals there, and not throw in the towel as quickly as I might have otherwise.

[terrykohla]

I might feel the same way if I had kids, but I'm scared to death of having children before finding my true vocation. I think if I have kids and find myself "forced" to stay at a high-paying job I didn't like, I would be an unhappy slave. Perhaps the love for my kids would totally make-up for that, but that's how I think now that I don't have kids. I'm an idealist and I want to be in love at home as well as in love with what I do for living. I know I set the bar high. Right now I'm studying a lot about the Myer-Briggs personality types and I'm finding a lot of answers. Thanks for sharing your observation.