Am I an idiot for wanting to quit my high paying job?

Findapath-Career Change

I (28M) am strongly considering quitting my remote software job to move across the country from Denver to Chicago. It pays 185k TC, I work very few hours, and it’s honestly one of the best possible gigs you could ask for on paper. But my days feel miserable. I hate not having any community, I hate not feeling ambitious towards anything, I basically wake up and sit in my room wiggling my mouse and playing video games for 8 hours every day of my life, occasionally going to a coffee shop to get real work done. It’s become extremely depressing. The mental energy it takes when I need to actually pump out work is extremely high because I feel so disconnected from the work that it’s become hard to get anything done. I don’t know how to get out of this rut, and I’m afraid that I’m about to throw away a good thing for nothing. But I feel like I need to live in a city with a community, with a better dating scene, where the social life isn’t entirely skiing and snowboarding. Plus, 4 of my 5 closest friends are relocating in the next month. But my job won’t let me relocate without a “strong business case”.

Am I an idiot for going down this path?

Posted Mar 6, 2026, 5:31 PM UTC

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