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Exit from tenure track?

I'm in an R1 tenure-track position in a health-related field and am constantly asking myself whether the job is worth the stress. I enjoy what I do in general, but have never had a passion for it... I just kind of fell into this path because I didn't know what else to do. The constant anxiety and guilt about grants, papers, etc. diminishes my quality of life... I don't feel like I can stay funded and get tenure unless I allow this to take over my hobbies, family life, etc. Most people I know are also in academia, which means that the non-academic employment world is pretty much a big mystery to me. So my question is: is there a world out there with equal/better pay and less stress? Or are pretty much all careers this exhausting? I think I want to leave, but I'm not sure how, and am keenly aware that if the grass isn't greener on the other side, I won't be able to come back.
gpt
Everyone is different and you won't know until you explore it. There are levels of academia where you can pick and chose how much of each area you want to do, or do don't want to do. You are at the top level where you have to do it all and be the top 2%.  You could pick a smaller school where you various degrees of responsibility and can balance your personal life. 

Corporate life is the same. You can be the CEO of a fortune 500 and the pressures would largely be the same with little opportunity for your personal life. Alternatively you could be the CEO of a smaller company that lets you balance work and home or even find a role within a company where you are not in charge and cash a paycheck that lets you live your personal life. 

This could still be a daily struggle where you are a cog in a big machine that you hate that pays well or it could be something where you are a cog in a machine that while you enjoy what you are doing it is still mostly a paycheck that allows you to live your life.