How do I know if I'd still choose my job after so many years?

You have been here so long that you can no longer see the place clearly. Familiarity has worn away your perspective, and now you honestly cannot tell whether you would choose this organisation if you were choosing today. That fog is not a sign of a dull mind. It is what long habit does to anyone. What is always around us becomes invisible. The way to see something familiar again is to look at it as a newcomer would. You have stopped noticing both the good and the bad because they have become the water you swim in. But the details are still there, waiting to be seen fresh. You just need a way to step outside the habit long enough to notice them. Try this: imagine a friend you respect was just offered your exact role, and you had to tell them honestly what they would be walking into. What would you warn them about? What would you say is genuinely worth it? Write it down as if it were about someone else. The distance will let you see what familiarity has hidden, and the answer to whether you would still choose this place often becomes surprisingly clear once you say it plainly to a stranger.