Hey Barth - I'm an "early retiree" and left my traditional job 4.5 years ago. I'm very active in the FI community, and have just seen a lot of people play these ideas out -- less so around impact but just simply how to explore new paths. Happy to chat if you want to. Else here are some quick thoughts.
Think of this less as a fork in the road where you must choose the right direction, and more as an opportunity to explore. How can you wet your feet around some of these ideas you are exploring? Can you take a small sabbatical and "try out" a few positions? Maybe you could do a month of highly skilled volunteer work at a few different organizations. Can you scale back to part time at your organization, and work part-time somewhere else or work on your start up ideas?
Hey Barth - I'm an "early retiree" and left my traditional job 4.5 years ago. I'm very active in the FI community, and have just seen a lot of people play these ideas out -- less so around impact but just simply how to explore new paths. Happy to chat if you want to. Else here are some quick thoughts.
Think of this less as a fork in the road where you must choose the right direction, and more as an opportunity to explore. How can you wet your feet around some of these ideas you are exploring? Can you take a small sabbatical and "try out" a few positions? Maybe you could do a month of highly skilled volunteer work at a few different organizations. Can you scale back to part time at your organization, and work part-time somewhere else or work on your start up ideas?