FP&A to MBB

I'm a 33M. I have been working in FP&A for almost 6 years. I'm a manager at a small tech company. I do understand that the work will get a bit mundane and tedious once you work in this field for a while. However, I feel like I'm getting stuck and I don't see a clear path going forward. I truly enjoy the work life balance I currently have. And quite frankly - that was the main reason that I left public accounting in B4 for FP&A. I have been thinking about management consulting for a while since I can potentially get to work on different clients. I understand it's a stressful job but it seems like it could open a lot of doors after 2-3 years. Would that be a mistake for me to spend 150k+ to get an MBA at T7 (maybe do a part-time mba instead of FT) and try to get into MBB? I'm also well aware that MBB has been slowing its hiring in the last year or so.

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