"Here I was pounding my head against the brick wall of aviation when I had the answer to a better life before me all the time"

Sky, I'm glad you got your life figured out for you. Why you think that applies to the rest of the world still boggles my mind.

"Flying is great but the sacrifices are not worth the life the career provides anymore"

Maybe for you. Maybe not for the next guy. He's going to make his own choice. You get to give your input on how wise that choice might be. After that, you constantly knocking that choice is a waste of bandwidth.