Teaching in Hawaii
I’m a 45yo divorcee who is seriously thinking about relocating to Hawai’i to teach.
I have several years living expenses in savings and several years living expenses in alimony so the incredibly low pay isn’t as much of a deal breaker as it could be although I’m very aware that I’ll be bleeding cash for at least the first 6-8 years.
My concern centers around being able to afford to live long term. Drawing down savings will will hold me for a decade or so, but eventually the cash will be gone.
I doubt I’ll be able to do more than date casually and that the odds of remarrying or finding a partner who will ‘subsidize’ my low salary are very low. So many teachers come to the island and stay when they find themselves bankrupt? Do they have to leave teaching? (if they can even find another job?)
The HCOL doesn’t shock me, Boston is comparable, nor will ‘island fever’ bother me, but I do worry about becoming a pauper with both a teaching certificate and an MBA. Does anyone have thoughts besides ‘don’t come’?