I am going through the struggle now. On one hand, I like what I do as a librarian, and I like my community. On the other hand, it's not financially tenable for me to earn so little. Wages are not keeping up with cost of living. The stress burden from managerial incompetence and political pressure is sucking the joy out of it.
Yep, one of the most troubling thing here is the way incomes are outstripped by inflation, it's not good and I think will get worse.
Add to that questionable decisions and behaviours by leadership teams and there's no wonder people are demoralised and looking elsewhere. It sucks when a person actually enjoys the work.
I hope it works out for you; thanks for sharing.