A little over a year ago I quit my well-paying job in corporate IT to go back to school to get my doctorate in clinical psychology. While today I find myself more busy than I was at my old job, my stress level is 75% lower. Why? Little, if any, politics. Plus I actually love what I'm doing. I think that's key, and if you can find it and actually do it for a living then you're truly lucky. I do still consult on the side so I'm not a poor grad student persay. Plus my I live with my boyfriend, so he pays more of the bills now. I can say I do NOT miss the corporate world and am so happy to have escaped it.