Careers: Money or happiness?

I make myself take a job that has good pay, and slowly make myself fall in love with the job. It'll take time, but eventually I'll start to like it.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

My family always tells me. Suffer first, enjoy later.

So, money money money. It's all about the money, although I try to get happiness at the same time.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Well, there's a difference between your countries' culture and the culture in mine. People here look at financial and career performance over happiness, and parents often want their children to be some 'well-paid' professionals.

It boils down to people's perception and 'status', and as a child, I'm quite forced to put up with such pressure.

True, I agree that people should take pride in their work, but over here, the parents ultimately decide what field of studies their children take, and as such the child is indirectly 'forced' to do whatever their parents choose for them, as such, these people enter into a work not because they like it, it's because they were forced to.

Albeit I managed to negotiate with my parents to give me some leeway and let me choose my own course, still I know they will expect me to get a career that gives a good impression to others.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

You work for money to achieve self-satisfaction, you work for happiness for the same thing.

You just need enough of both, and you should be decently satisfied. Compare too much with others will only often frustrate yourself.

How ya doing, buddy?