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Originally Posted by King Fish
To answer some questions: I currently make around $150k/yr (with bonuses). Wife makes about $95k.
I'm sure it's expensive where you live, but let me start by telling you I hate you.
Grunching a bit here, I say bite the bullet for some predetermined amount of time (2 years?), live as if you're still making your old salary (or less) and invest every extra penny you make. You should have a nice nest egg at the end that you can either borrow from or pay off the mortgage with (if you think that's a good investment) while you do work that you love. Who knows, maybe there'll even be legal poker in the US by then!
Just don't deviate from the plan, like using the extra $$$ to buy stupid crap, or keep deciding to stay at the job "one more year" until you wake up one morning realizing you're now old and bitter and your kids are moving out and you barely know them.