I'm struglling with a similar situation to this right now. There may possibly be an opportunity for me to take a job training hunting dogs, doing a little guiding etc. The salary is 15k a year plus an apartment with paid utilities. Also comes with health insurance put no pension or anything like that.
I'd be giving up a 55K a year job, pension, 401K etc., etc., I'm 31, so while I'm not to old to start over, It's not like I'm just starting out either. I'm not married but do have a fairly serious gf who most likely would not be coming. On paper it sounds so dumb. But I don't think there is anything else I'd rather do.
It's easy to sacrifice things you don't really have yet but it's a lot hard to make sacrifices once your life starts rolling in a certain direction.
I reallydon't know what my decision will be, but it sure isn't an easy one.