Breaking Point

When Janette Jaynes’ job as an East Coast bank executive was phased out and she was offered severance, the 30-something-year-old decided to pursue a dream she’d had since she was young: sell everything and move west to live the ski bum life.

Financially secure enough to take the risk, she packed up and drove her resort-sticker-covered Jeep to Breckenridge, Colo., where she expected to work hard, play a lot, and most of all, savor life in a ski town.