Careers: Money or happiness?

Obviously most people won't be happy having to live in the ghetto because they don't make any money at a job that they like. I would say to shoot for a happy medium if you can't have both. I'd rather make good money at a job that I don't like, because I would rather live in a decent neighborhood, in a decent home, and afford to eat decent food. Of course, because I am somewhat intelligent and have a college degree, I have more options available to me, so I am more likely to have a job that I like and make good money doing it. Kind of like what I have right now.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Sassafrass

Just for conversation sake, how does one determine "decent neighborhood/home/food?"

I guess thats one of the major things I am curious about, you know? How much is a person willing to compromise for their standards of living? What ARE their standards of living?

It really gages and interesting topic in society if you ask me. What is "decent." Where do the boundaries lie? What are we willing to do to achieve the "American Dream," and what IS the American Dream these days?

(I have a completely skewed American Dream, thus I ask normal people - or SEMI-NORMAL. ^_^ )

I wouldn't exactly say that I'm the image of normality either, but we can pretend otherwise for these purposes.

I didn't grow up in a family that had much money, so to me "decent" is not huge six bedroom, 3 bath house in a gated community. For me, decent is what I have now. I live on the "good" side of town, in what is a quiet neighborhood. I live in a townhouse style apartment, two bedroom, one and a half bath {that means that I have a bathroom upstairs where the bedrooms are and a toilet downstairs}. The building only has three apartments in it, so I have two neighbors, who are about my age and quiet.

I don't have to deal with no-class thugs walking past my apartment all the time. If I want to sit outside during the day, I don't have to worry with someone walking up to me trying to sell me drugs. I don't have to deal with some bum knocking on my door at midnight asking for money. I don't have to worry about getting shot or mugged between my front door and my car {in theory}.

Ok, where I live isn't perfect. I have train tracks running about 50 yards from my back door, which may bother some people. I am used to it. Sometimes I might have to pause my movie if a train goes by while I'm watching a DVD, because it blows its horn as it goes through the intersections within a half mile of here.

Because I didn't grow up in a rich family, my "dream" living situation would probably be living in a garden home {like in a sub-division, it's called different things all over}, in a quiet neighborhood. Just a nice three or four bedroom home with a furnished basement consisting of normal walls, a pool table, large TV, gaming equipment, etc. Maybe that is something that I will one day have. Maybe I will have something similar, but not quite what I had dreamed about.

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