.. opening the door to doing something I have always wanted to have a crack at and that is running my own little business (not pinball related) but using my background and knowledge gained in my current and past job which I have been doing for 13 years now..
..I am well and truly over the political nonsense that goes on at my work and I am growing very sick and tired of being a puppet, especially when the guy pulling the strings isn't overly kind..
..I am torn between leaving a safe government job with a pretty good salary and having a go at something myself..
..I don't expect running my own business to be a walk in the park..
I've snipped the questions you have asked, with your own answers.
You only live once. If what you want to do is something you can give 110% in effort and time to make it work, then you are making the right decision. As long as you are not compromising your family, then you are making the right decision. I spent the last two years of my well paid job thinking about what "I want to do", and the result was more than I expected. What I have learnt is that the hardest step was the first step. But be warned, there is no such thing as "weekends".