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Mar 24, 2023
3:37:50pm
Forzaitalia Playmaker
I feel for you. I made the jump from law to management in large corporations.
Your skills are transferrable whether it is in general management, HR, contracts adminstration, financial analysis, business development (M&A). The problem is that companies pay you executive money for handling tough jobs that require conflict management, keen analysis under tight deadlines and long hours. I discovered it was 6s between law and executive management on the grind meter. (Frequently, worker bees sit back and criticize management, but they are unwilling (or unable) to take on the stress of change management, conflict resolution, long hours, and creative analysis.) The other lower stress career option is working as a staffer with a valued technical capability, but I think you are beyond that career option.

Lower stress/lower demand work is generally found in academia, non-profits, or government work (although the financial payoffs are lower than law or management). If you have enough money saved that sort of change is an option, although once you have led organizations/people feeling comfortable in a lower level job in these areas is not easy due to the monotony and lower intellectual challenge.

Not sure if this helps, but my solution was to grit my teeth for a couple decades, grind on, save enough money to permit me to retire early that would allow me to pursue my passions of travel, family, exercise, learning and service in retirement. I retired at 61 having had a few health issues crop up in my 50s due to the stress and rigors of the high pressure roles you alluded to, but also having good enough health to do what I want while I was still young enough to enjoy the early retirment. Four years into retirement, I have no regrets and am pretty much living the life I envisioned. Plus I am happier and in better shape physically than I was in my frazzled 50s. If you have been in the rat race for 30 years, you are probably somewhere in your 50s. You might want to try early retirement provided you have a retirement plan featuring lots of activity . Sorry for the length. Good luck.
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