On Fri, 2014-10-03 at 07:14 -0700, Radhika, Y. wrote: > I second Alaric's viewpoint. I did and am in the process of the same - you > have to let go of ego, money and all other impediments if you really want a > different life. If you try to keep the status quo regarding money you will > merely vacillate. Been there, done that. Best wishes.
I cannot claim any experience in switching fields so I have no personal suggestions to offer. But Looking around I find that a lot of women, in particular, have switched fields (in India) after which they have tended to achieve personal satisfaction (and liberation) and/or wealth/financial independence. Most often women in India have had to give up the profession they trained for because of the tradition of joining the husband's family, or allowing an "already working and settled" husband to build a career. Sometimes women have had to stop working for five to fifteen years because of children, after which it is not easy to pick up the threads of a profession where they left them. That is when women tend to get creative and explore new areas. Either way I think they are a great support for a family, or a husband whose career may be flagging as he gets older and the financial stimulus of a woman's career taking off in her forties and fifties has a dynamic of its own. In a family - women's spending patterns differ from those of men and are often complementary as long at the man is not spending too much on himself. About men changing fields in their thirties or whenever. It's never too late IMO. If you are a couple and you have the support of a wife who works and you have kids, do the housework and look after the kids while changing fields and free up the wife. If you are single and can support yourself while you search for yourself - go for it. shiv
