career or high paying job?

Depends on your situation. I worked for years on my career only to have problems with my hands so I could no longer work at that type of job. Now I have a job that pays ok but the benefits & the boss suck. I make too much to move on but being a single parent I can't afford a pay cut. You really have to decide which is most important & go for it.

In this day an age many of us will settle for a job to secure a pay check. That is the sad but unfortunate and realistic truth. I thought I was in the right career path by being a doctor but the endless study and hectic shifts and lack of human rights as a medical resident have left me thinking otherwhise. It is hard to have your cake and eat it too and few people are willing to sacrifice a good paying job they hate for a career they love only to have to start from ground zero. It was hard for me to quit the ultra high paying medical field. But my sanity was worth it I thought. I had to struggle alot to reach a point of somewhat satisfaction with another path besides medicine. But every one around me seems to think I have gone mad and have resorted to calling me things like selfish and a failure. Life is tough and too many times we as humans bring to life the vision of others and not our own... Confessions of an X-medical resident