Reactions to jacking in your secure job in a recession:

1. Are you mad? How will you live? This one is particularly popular with parents.

2. That’s very brave. A version of the above and the most common response.

3. I wish I could do that. Co-workers and other wage slaves tied down by kids and mortgages and fear

4. Go for it! Those who have already jumped and the ‘I wish I could do that’ crowd.

I moved from 1 to 4 over a period of months. For me, in the end, the only sane thing to do was to jump.