I have work-related anger issues. This was fine (given a sufficiently broad definition of "fine") when I was younger, but now I'm married...*and* I work from home.

I've never been physically violent with my wife, and I don't even think I've ever put her down verbally (and I'm quick to apologize if I believe I've come close to doing so), but it's certainly fair to say that she has witnessed angry behaviour from me, and I can tell it's beginning to frustrate her.

I don't really see a way forward other than ending my current career, and going to work at a gas station or something until I get my head straight. This probably doesn't qualify as an 'impulsive' decision because I've been contemplating it for over a year. My overhead expenses have become unwieldy (TLDR: insurance problem), so the difference in take-home pay wouldn't even be that big.

Things that are stopping me:

1. Right now my self-confidence is so low that I'm not even sure if I can handle having this conversation with my clients, without either breaking down or changing my mind at the last minute.

2. I have reached out to everyone in my professional network, and scoured the phone book, and to make a long story short, I have nobody else to refer my clients to.

3. Usually, when I leave a job without a rock-solid plan, I end up back in a nearly-identical job three months later for half as much money. (Fucking hell, I can't believe this has happened often enough that it has a "usually".)

It goes without saying that my marriage is a higher priority than my career. It's the only area of my life where I feel truly competent, and where I don't feel like I'm getting ripped off.