May I please change jobs?

I am an RN. I work three 12 hour shifts a week and my base pay is $20.65. I want to quit. I am terribly unhappy in my job. Husband and I have $15,000 of debt. I wish to become a receptionist/secretary for less than half of my current pay. As it stands I am the breadwinner. If I am unhappy - so much so that I cannot get out of bed to go to this job - should I stay in it to help my husband. I don't think I can do that. But I CAN work a job that I want to do for a longer duration to help us pay off or debt. So many people make their lives "work" with their jobs and incomes. Do you have any advice for me? BTW, I called in sick today. I absolutely behaved like a child to my husband as he tried to get me to get up and go to work. I almost hope to be fired for excessive absences so that I will have an excuse to get my dream job.

May I please change jobs?
Maybe you should look for an RN job at another facility. Maybe a small practice working for a couple of doctors. Sounds like you're in some kind of drug rehab facility.





My husband was in the hospital for a week just recently in FL. The nurses were so kind and they all seemed happy and they were very helpful and calming. Maybe you're just not in the right place....





UPDATE: Just read your additional comments. To answer your question about working longer just to be happy. Well, we can't answer that for you. That's a discussion for you and your husband. I will say that $$ does NOT equal happiness. Sometimes we have to make hard and scary career choices for our own happiness and health. That's a lot more important than a higher salary! I don't know what your entire financial situation is but you are in a unique position - as an RN you can afford any potential "opportunity cost" of leaving your profession and trying out something else b/c nurses are so in demand. You could always go back if you decide you want to or decide that you can't make it on the pay cut from doing secretarial work. Good luck!
Reply:wow, thats really hard. maybe get out of debt first and then make the career change. Or is there anything else you can do with your nursing degree beside be an RN?So that you can make more money?
Reply:The big question is, why do you hate this job.





You never said why.