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Decision framework for a tough career decision

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I've been freelancing for the last year, but expecting a job offer in the next few days. I am genuinely torn abut whether I want to accept. I go back and forth daily. Yesterday I was pretty strongly leaning towards taking it. Today the idea depresses me. I'd appreciate your recommendations on tools to help me make this decisions. Snowflakes follow... I'm more interested in how you would go about making the decision than what you would do in my shoes. But here's the gist of the factors in play (feel free to ignore):

I'm an urban planner and I've had work as a freelancer but it's been a hard slog lately. The thing is, I love many things about the freelance/consulting lifestyle. I don't mind beating the bushes for work (some days it's easier than others), I have a good network. And I have a decent base income from other sources to whether dry spells. I *love* setting my own hours, even if that means nights when I'm working until 11 pm.

This job would be a steady and stable boost to my income, working on projects that interest and excite me. The main strikes against it are that I'm not excited by going back to the 9-5 + commuting routine.

I would be working under a friend I respect (and who actively recruited me for the position) but she may be living for another organization within a month or two. And while the income boost would be steady, it would also have a ceiling. Finally, it's virtually identical to the job I left a year ago (in another organization), and I feel like I'd rather take a step up in returning to that environment.

In an ideal world, I'd give consulting another year or so, and then seriously consider going back to the land of the employed. But this is a strong opportunity and I owe it to myself and my family to seriously consider it.

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