Please no flaming, as I am very serious about this. I currently work corrections and was recently off for 3 1/2 months due to a work injury. I was already fed up with the job before being off, but now being away for so long and even more changes for the worse, I don't know how much more I can take. If I didn't have a family to support, I would have already been long gone, but that is not an option as we rely 90% on my income (the woman works part time). My problem with finding something new is that I don't have much on paper to offer an employer that would help me find something that pays close to the same, on top of health benefits and retirement (which I would gladly sacrifice short term). I can do most things on cars (just not very knowledgeable on a broad range of them specifically), most home repair/re-modling outside of concrete (never done more than pour a bag of quickrete for fence post), been a bouncer under the table for a short while, and have a majority of my classes for my airframe and powerplant certification/ associates degree for AMT. I'm not afraid to work (laborous) and prefer something I can use my hands/ mind for and see results. My problem is that I now make just over $18 and have averaged over $42k before taxes, with OT, for the last 5 years and need to find something with a comparable take home. I am prepared to take a pay cut that isn't vastly different and can now afford to do so with my truck paid off. Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.