37 going on 38. I have a professional job where I am constantly degraded and corrected by people who have no idea what my job entails. Since this has started I have lost all passion for my career and where I am. Does anyone else wonder what it would be like to sell their home take half of the cash and place it in the bank for another down payment on a home then take the rest and just say screw it and barrel race as long as you can while working odd and end jobs? Did anyone else do this? Am I alone? 

Even though it sounds bold and adventuresome, these things rarely go well.  There is so much expense attached to every move you make.  Maybe if you have lots and lots of money to fall back on it would work.   ...and what about medical premiums.

It sounds fun but I wouldn't do it especially with the state of the world. I am finishing up a trailer rennovation that I started a few months ago and after that all my extra money is going in the bank. I am quite concerned where we will be in year after another year of covid and poor political decisions. I read somewhere we are setting up for another recession this fall.

I definitely understand being burnt out and wanting to do something different. Can you quit and find something low stress where you do you job and your job doesn't follow you home so you still have an income and then just do what you want away from from work without stress and responsibilities?

No,I never wondered what that would be like.I was the ONLY woman at my job for years,in a mine,underground,running heavy mining equipment WITH ALL MEN.Degraded  yes,among other things,BUT,I loved my job BECAUSE I MADE THE MOST OUT OF IT.I learned every piece of equipment from front to back,and did my job happily every day,quitting was never an option.Maybe find another job?I always needed the pay,and the insurance,and its really just life.

look in this job market you can find somewhere else to go and for a while they will treat you better.  Try that instead.  If you use your fun as your job soon it wont be fun anymore either. 

I was younger and didn't have a career or home yet but I did sell out of horses/truck for a short period because I was so financially stressed out and quite my job and moved somewhere new and random. I had a little money saved but I went about a month without a job and then got a job just working retail. I eventually bought a cheap horse to start playing with and slowly got back into it. I only lasted about two months without horses but I needed the breather and to start fresh. 

OMG!  Working in a male dominated job is a PITA.  Everything has to be their idea (even though you fed it to them). .. can be VERY frustrating!  I always try to remember:

1. I am paid well to put up with their crap and when it is a hard day - I go for a walk and think of all of the things I am able to do b/c of that paycheck.

2. Medical Inusrance - I need it. If I didn't need it. I would probably do something else and be unhappy there after a while also. 

3. Refer to 1 and 2 and just keep going. 

I also have several women that I work with and we make sure that we get together to have venting sessions over lunch or dinner or whenever it is needed.  We always have our doors open for the other and we support each other.  And sometimes when you go for that walk. . you sit in your car and call one of those female co-workers and just vent away.  Then you go back home and talk to your horse(s). Helps A LOT.

And yes, most of us just want to quit our jobs and go on the road or just stay home with our horses all day, but we have to be responsible adults.  *sigh* 

Nope, you are not alone in thinking that. 3 or 4 summers ago I contemplated not paying my mortgage and using the money to barrel race, vacation or whatever. I am soon to be 55 and I do get tired of always "doing the right thing."

It is not a bed of roses working with women either. 

Just coming from the males side of it. 

I gotta say,as bad as it was sometimes,I was happy NOT TO BE WORKING WITH WOMEN

Working with women is awful, I am a nurse practitioner 40 years.... I can't tell you one worman that I trusted, lol the men and Doctors showed much more respect and the other nurses just gossiped and turned green and mean.. I got a ticket Dec 31/ 2019 and I was gonna fight it then covic hit one week before my court date"!  The hospital laid me off and I was stuck doing nothing, I was so worried about finances I could not ride my horse or enjoy the first year, then I kinda worked through it, no man in the picture.... honestly it was like a rebirth.  My stress level went to zero, I sold whatever I could to make it.  The the hurricane in Jan 2020 wiped my barn out and insurance gave me 18 thousand to rebuild it so I had some money left over, it was like God slapped me down and then started me with baby steps all over again. I did not work again,  I missed working in the epidemic, but I was thankful, I was too burned out to deal with that....I have been blessed and lucky that I have made it this far.  I think everyone should do it for a few months when they are in their 30's and forties if able.  I worked so hard, single mom, buildt a house raised a son and a grandson, kept my horses healthy, blest.