money or joy working????

United States
June 18, 2010 9:25pm CST
many people seem to choose making more money working at jobs that do not make them happy. if you are given the choice of making more money working at something that you do not enjoy or less money working at something you rely enjoy, which would you choose?
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@halffull (57)
22 Jun 10
Hi there, thogojames. Nearly posted a similar question myself! My answer would be, I have no idea what to choose. Throughout my career I always opted for or was more mindful about the salary. But now, I started to think perhaps I would feel more content with my life and happier if I could get a job that I enjoy. I guess, I am just not a corporate person. Recently, I was given an opportunity to make it into reality but the pay was about half of what I had earned in previous jobs, plus the fact that it would require me to relocate further out- so it's a bit extreme. My biggest worry is would I be happy living with smaller means or what if the income would not be sufficient to support my life?!