Hi Everyone,

I want to ask about coming to a crossroads with work and life in general and what the next step is. As a brief background I have recently got married and we have a young daughter, we have been lucky enough to have an incredible wedding and honeymoon and life is better than it has ever been. But I now find myself at somewhat of a crossroads. The things I aimed to do in life so far I feel like I have achieved and actually some dreams have come true.

My job, while not perfect in some ways, I also appreciate in others is actually really great. I have been at the company 4 years in the coming September and my current role for nearly 2.5 years. It is a tad slow in the company sometimes and I would prefer a bigger company to work in, but like I said, the benefits are clearly there as well.

My dream has for a long time been to start a business of my own and I am now at a point financially where it would be possible. I do not have an idea at the moment what it could be but I feel like maybe asking for a 4-day week next year and pursuing some other opportunities in my increased spare time to see if this is just a dream or something I could realise. As we would like to have another child at some point I feel like the time is now to make this jump before I have even less free time looking after two little ones.

At the moment I can’t stop thinking about what the next step is. I am reading a lot of self help books and trying to decide where life will take me and my family next. Sometimes I wonder if there are simply too many choices and it would be much easier to have fewer choices in life.

Any advice would be gratefully received.