Careers: Money or happiness?

Originally Posted by Sassafrass

It seems to be a trend that I see a lot.

People compromise their happiness in their career for a higher pay. "I will put myself through hell just to make more money."

Which is more important to you:

- Enjoying your work, despite whatever pay you make.
- Working for the money you make, no matter how tedious it can get.

Personally, I think if you enjoy what you do, you're much more likely to excel and reap your own personal benefits that aren't in a form of currency. You have your sanity, you like getting up every day to go to work, but you make just enough to live on.

Maybe some people just believe that money can bring them happiness and maybe it does. Who is to say wither it is more important to make less money and do things to make you happy rather than make more money and have less time but are happy because of the money? It may be illogical to believe but sometimes money cannot buy happiness but it can provide a pretty good substitute for happiness when someone is holding it.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by AliceNWondrland

This is where doing things in the right order is important. When you have no one depending on you except yourself, it's much easier to quit a job that you're unsatisfied with. But for those of you saying that if you ever get to the point where you hate your job you'll just quit, I say that's pretty unrealistic. Because by the time you're 30-ish, you're most likely going to have a family that depends on you and you're not going to be able to just up and quit your job because you don't like it anymore.

If you're young and single with no kids and you hate your job, NOW is the time to get out of it. Do something you love now while you still can and forget about making tons of money. You'll have the rest of your life to do that.

Yea, i agree with this. It is considerably harder to quit a job when someone relies on that job like a family rather than a teenager quiting a job at a super market kinda thing. i also advise the idea of finding a sutible carrer before it is too late, better waking up to a job you like than one you don't like but cannot quit...

There's nowhere I can't reach.