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NTTGPR: Career change(dd mentioned)

MiraK03MiraK03 member
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Hello ladies! I've been seriously thinking of doing a big career change. I'm currently in the Air Force and I hate it. I've been in for about 6 years and it's just not for me but the benefits are really good. I want to get out and be a sahm until I finish my BA(I've got about 1.5 years until I'm done). DH is super supportive of what ever I end up choosing to do. I plan on meeting with a financial advisor to see how our finances would be with me not getting a paycheck anymore.

Have any of you gone through a big career change? Any advice or tips?

Thanks!
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Re: NTTGPR: Career change(dd mentioned)

  • catmagickcatmagick member
    No advice, but I am currently in the same boat.  I have been in my current career for three years and just can't get it to sit right with me.  I am working on figuring something else out.  Good luck!!
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    Thanks! It's just really frightening to leave something that I'm so use to. To bad I can't see the future, it would make things so much easier!
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  • divinemsbeedivinemsbee member
    edited July 2014
    Is your H also in? That might change some of what I'm thinking of. While I'm not in the AF, my H is, and when we talk about him getting out (he'll probably retire in, we hope) the biggest change we look at is health care. It's mind-boggling and eye-watering what I see some people in the civilian world have to pay for health care. So, if your H is in, that covers you a bit, but if he isn't, what is his insurance situation? I'm not saying stay somewhere you hate, but, especially if you're considering having more than one kid, the insurance is a big deal.

    Would staying in until you finish your BA defray the costs a bit? (I don't see if you already have a child you'd like to be a SAHP to yet) Would you have to use your GI Bill to pay for the 1.5 years that are left if you got out?

    All of that being said, I'm someone who went from working really hard at jobs that I wasn't wild about and standing on my own two feet for years, to being a SAHW when we moved this time for H's job. At the time, we thought kids would be pretty imminent, so it made sense. Now that kids have not been as quick coming, we're adjusting. It gets lonely, and it does get boring. But, we both think our lives are much better with me at home. It is a bit more tricky financially, and we have to budget well to make sure we're getting the most we can in savings and retirement, but it works for us.





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  • MiraK03MiraK03 member
    @divinemsbee‌ DH isn't in any more. Luckily his job does have very good benefits at the moment but if I were to get out we would move back to our home state so he would have to look for another job that is just a good.
    I would be using my GI bill. I think I'm trying to decide if I should just wait the next year and a half out and just finish my degree. It is so hard to stay somewhere where I'm unhappy all the time. It is really starting to drain my energy.

    Thanks for the feedback :)
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