Q&A: My Dream Job Won't Wait If I Take a Family Gap Year — Do I Quit Anyway?

Paula Pant and Joe Saul-Sehy answer three listener questions in this Q&A episode. The first is from a listener with $686,000 saved and a job she loves who is weighing a family gap year. They also work through whether a dad should stop maxing his IRA to pay off his mortgage, and how a longtime listener can save for college more effectively. The conversation covers job satisfaction, retirement framing, mortgage structure, and the psychology of saving.