This is my first post, I have been reading a while and could really use some "mustachian" career advice.
A little background info:
My husband and I are 31 and 28. He has a bachelor's degree in music, and I have an associates in early childhood education. We have a 6 yr old son and a baby on the way. We currently earn 30,000 a year between the 2 of us, and live off of about 25,000/year ( we are frugal) We save/invest what we can which means about 5,000/ year. We have no debt.
At this rate, I feel like we will never get there. So this is my question, it is better to work a job you strongly dislike for 5 or so years so you can save/invest a big chunk and retire early? Or stay at the low paying job you like but work longer?
Also, i work part time so I can raise the kids... Which puts a dent in my income.
Any thoughts?
Ps. I would strongly advise people to save a lot of money before kids. We had them young so we hadn't gotten there yet.