Depression… Need a change. Someone help?

Hi there,

I have become quite depressed over the past few years. Severity comes and goes.

I feel like i know what I want in life, but I don't know how to get it.

I want to live on an island where life is much simpler. There isn't a constant need to "get ahead" and be better than the next guy. Working soul-sucking jobs. I just want a simple life. Work a job that doesn't require I sell my soul and conform.

Trouble is, I am married and I love my husband very much. He refuses to leave his job. He hates his job, he's just terrified of taking chances. He is a junior accountant and he is never home. He works continuously and he hates it. He gets no holidays, no overtime pay and hes underpaid by at least 3 dollars an hour comparable jobs. His boss refuses to give him a raise.

I just want out of this nonsense. There is better out there. I know there is.

What can I do? I just want to feel simple and free. Not having to work to pay for some tiny plot of land surrounded by the exact same little plots of land. Scared to quit my job and try something else because I might not be able to make the mortgage payments.

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