Thinking About Quitting My Job
Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger
Audacy
4.6 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
I'm thinking about quitting my job without getting another job. The thought of doing this stresses me out, but my husband says that we would be fine on his income alone. Is he right?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Jill on Money Show. |
| 0:05.4 | It's Monday, March 16th, and we're here to help you make better, sometimes less bad financial decisions. |
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| 0:42.5 | we drop that one on the weekends today we are talking to amber who joins us from texas hello amber |
| 0:49.4 | what's going on hi jill i have a question about can I quit my job because my husband believes that with his |
| 0:59.0 | income alone, we would be okay with retirement. The answer is yes. Let's move on, Mark. Do we have |
| 1:03.9 | another? Okay, just kidding. Bye. Bye. Amber, how old are you? 38. How old is your husband? |
| 1:12.1 | 40. |
| 1:13.3 | Okay. |
| 1:14.0 | And you have kids? |
| 1:15.8 | No kids. |
| 1:16.7 | No kids. |
| 1:17.7 | So really, can I quit? |
| 1:19.3 | Can we survive? |
| 1:20.3 | Can we absorb everything? |
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