Hi everyone, I have my bachelors and have graduate credits under my belt, yet I make less than 60K in a HCOL and I am being killed from the stress of my job. I continually stay til 7-8pm in the office and the stress and paycheck is killing me.

For context, I’m a learning and development specialist at a nonprofit.

So what’s the secret sauce, Reddit? Who has a six figure job whose related stress and responsibilities isn’t giving them a stomach ulcer? I can’t do this much longer. Thank you to everyone in advance for reading this.

**ETA: oh my gosh, thank you all so much. Thank you for reading this, thank you for your replies, and thank you for taking the time out of your day to help me. It really means a lot to me. I’ve been in a very dark place with my career and stress, and you guys have given me a lot of hope (and even more options— wow!).

I’m going to do my best to read every comment, just currently tending to some life things at the moment. Again, thank you guys. I really appreciate it. The internet is cool sometimes!!**