"Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in."

[regulator]

It is starting to look like my bailing out on the career job will prove to be a sabbatical rather than ER.  I have been working a contract job that was tossed in my lap by a buddy.  This boring, but lucrative job is slated to be over at the end of the year which has been fine with me.  My intended year off to recover was cut short by this 8 months in and I still would like some time back despite the fact that the extreme burnout seems to be gone and this gig has not been real taxing.  Now I am being courted by another manager at this shop my buddy speaks highly of.  Looks like a fairly easy job doing a least somewhat interesting stuff at a generous rate of pay.  Modest travel requirement and me being 100% remote to them is apparently not a problem.  Hard to walk away from this sort of thing, especially when I suspect I could do the actual work in a couple days a week.

We will see if it pans out.  Worse comes to worst I have FU money and the ability to walk at any time.

[frompa]

I'm not sure if you are bragging or complaining.  If the latter, no need to be passive. Walk away from it.  If the former, have a ball.

[regulator]

I'm not sure if you are bragging or complaining.  If the latter, no need to be passive. Walk away from it.  If the former, have a ball.

Neither, really. I see the upside to this, but OTOH I have a few misgivings about giving up my time and having to travel at all for business.  The misgivings are outweighed by the pay for easy work, but I am still conflicted.  I guess the point of this is that once you pull the ripcord attractive opportunities sometimes come and find you.

[SwordGuy]

Depends on where you have to travel for business and whether you can spend additional time there...

[regulator]

Depends on where you have to travel for business and whether you can spend additional time there...

Back to the city of my birth, where my brother and parents still live.  That is all fine, but what really burned me out on the last job was all the business travel.  So I view it with some trepidation regardless of where I would be going.

[Financial.Velociraptor]

Its good to have options.  Try it out.  If it sux...take a walk...

[Exflyboy]

Yup I been in exactly the same boat for a year now..:)

Mostly 20 to 25 hour weeks indespersed with periods of totally insanity.. like a 83 hour week when travelling to Brazil and 73 to Melbourne etc etc..:)

[smiller257]

I guess it depends on whether you have reached FI yet. If not, I would say stay with the job, it sounds interesting and pays well. If you are already fire, you are trading money for time and if you are OK with giving up time for the money stick with it, otherwise bail and enjoy your FIRE.

[GuitarStv]

What do you need the money for?  If I had a solid need for the money (say the roof needed replacing, or I was going to remodel the kitchen, buy a new guitar, or a fancy bike) then I'd probably take the job.  If it's just to accumulate more when you already have enough though . . . fuck it.

[Rollin]

If you are FIRE'd I would suspect that you don't need the job(s)/money.  You say they are boring, but easy.  Are you doing them for someone else?  I am not judging, but curious as to why you'd essentially do a OMY (or partial).

[zephyr911]

I always loved traveling for business. One of my biggest complaints about my current job (still relatively small) is that I barely ever travel.

[regulator]

Am I FI?  Maybe.  Depends on the path of returns.  Realistically, dw and I are early 40s and we have two kids in grade school.  That means a long draw period and low flexibility.  So I feel comfier with income.