I left the private sector of my potentially high stress high pressure field 15 years ago and got on the government side. Sure, I haven't earned as much as i could have, but the benefits are great and I could count on 1 hand the times I've really even thought about work after 5:00. I've literally had almost no work stress in 15 years.

It's priceless and I'm encouraging my kids to consider working for the government. You probably wouldn't make as much money and would have to adjust, but you'd also probably be so much happier and every other aspect of you life besides take home pay would be better.