Five years ago I stepped down from being a manager with my company to being a supervisor and started taking classes with the goal in mind to change my career. Over the five years since, I have changed my mind about my future career a couple of times and am currently working on a B.S. in Mathematics. I enjoy the classes and working only part-time, but since I discovered this site and having Mr. Money Mustache change my view on saving money, I am now wondering if the path I'm on is the best way to go. The long term goal is definitely for my husband and I to both have the option of working rather than it being necessary. So I have a decision to make:
1. Continue working part-time making $10-$13/hr (depending on if I can go back to being a supervisor) and keeping plugging away at my degree, adding to my student loan debt (currently approx. $13000). I still have probably 2.5 years of school if I continue my current rate.
2. Take a promotion to manager making $40k-$45k per year, taking one or two evening classes that I can likely pay without taking out more loans, but taking a lot longer to finish school
I guess I'm just not sure if going into more debt in hopes of finding a more lucrative career is the way to go, or digging out of the debt I am in. While we do not have any credit card debt, we do have 2 car payments and my medical expenses on top of our regular expenses. We do have a decent savings account, but it has not grown in the past year because I had to take a year off of work and school to go through chemo.
I've gone over this in my mind a million times, but I can't make a decision. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!