Working for Money or for Happiness?

the main purpose why we work is for our family, coz we love our family, we want to give them a better life, that's why we work. It is not for our self satisfaction, it is for them. If we love our work it means we love our family or love ones.

I think that I'd rather work at a job I don't like that much which helps me to earn a lot of money (things that I'm currently doing, by the way). With money, you can buy things that will make you happier - you can travel much more, buy gifts and presents, and that would suffice the lack of love for your work. Though, if given the chance, I would like to try to work at a place I love. If the pay won't be that great, I may at least try to look for a second part time job...

Wow, that's an interesting conundrum. I guess I would have to weigh how much I hated it against how much money was involved. If it was something I mildly disliked and I got paid a huge amount of money for, I guess I would opt for the money. If it was something I absolutely hated, I don't think any amount of money could keep me doing it for very long. If I was making an adequate amount of money, covering all the bills with a little left over for saving, for doing something I loved and enjoyed, I would much rather do that. How does that saying go? If you truly love what you do, you never have to work another day in your life. If I really loved my work and looked forward to going to it every day, I would be much happier in the long run, even if I never got rich with money. My richness of life would be far more valuable.

I would take the job I enjoy and supplement those earnings. And once you get your bills caught up...then you could just go back to working the job that you enjoy. I am lucky that I work from home and I enjoy it very much. I have followed other discussions by you. I really hope that everything starts to fall into place for you

You can't just work entirely for one or none. Money may just be a means. But it's partly the money we work for that would provide us with some form of happiness. That happiness and fulfillment is what we have been trying hard to achieve or accomplish with the money we earned through working.

Yes, this is a question which most of us feel difficult to answer.In daily life,someone has to work for money because money can raise the family.For them,no money,no anything.From this point, we can see money is very important.So they work everyday for money.However,others think that working is for happiness because they can find happiness from working,not from money. But to this kind of people, they must have enough money as a base.If they are short of money,that means no happiness. Right? This is a contradicatory question for lots of people. Personally,working is not only for money but also for happiness. They exist at the same time.I find them very funny and interesting and enjoyable. Now although my salary is not too much compared with others',I feel satisfied.So I am happy! By work,I can earn enough money to keep the family and meet our daily requirements,and meanwhile, I get happiness from it. That's good and great for me!!!

I have always felt that money was meant to enhance our lives and happiness and I have always found this to be the case. I have been near broke and the stress was quite bad because of it. When I started making money again, then that stress has disappeared as I quite worrying about paying the bills etc. However, I don't think that money is the answer to everything as there are times when we can be miserable in comfort! _Derek

I believe their are jobs that you can love and make money from. I mean lets face it, we need money! I think that you should evaluate the things that you are good at and enjoy doing and then research the types of jobs that exist where you can practice the things you are good at and enjoy doing. They do exist. I don't think you should compramise in either area.

I would prefer to work in a field that will both give me money and happiness.I believe in working for something you are passionate about.if you are not happy with your current work,evaluate it and see if it can help you get to your dream job.in my case,I currently love my purchasing job.I begin to appreciate it because it can help me land a job in food or fashion industry.

i would always want to have a job for which i have a lot of passion. Money should never be the factor in any thing you do in life. You should see whether you are enjoying what you do in life. When you enjoy doing something in life you get great success in it. So always do what your heart says. Don't worry about the money. It will automatically come and you will slowly start earning a lucrative income soon. So do the job you love or to put the other way round, love the Job you do. Once you start liking it, you will start enjoying it. And you will put more efforts in the things you enjoy. So you will also get a lot of success in it.

So interesting the topic is.At first,we should working for money.And then we can use the money to have a happiness life.So we can say like this,working for money and happiness.Do you think so?

That's s tough decision, as for me I worked at a job for 21 years and this year lost my job, it was a very difficult thing as I have never been unemployed in my life. This situation was strictly out of all of our control as none of us received unemployment or any type of warning. I loved my job and it paid well, however now that I have completely unempluyed with no income for 7 months I have to say I have given a lot of thought to my future earnings. Although I desperately need an income, I am affording myself a lot of time to decided how I want to handle any future earnings. It is unfortunate how thing came together with my job but it taught me something. Nothing last for ever and nothing is actually what it seems. So I will return to work at a job that does not suck the life out of me and then drop me like crap. I will work even if it means for less but I must enjoy it. I must work at a job that each day I will be looking forward to go to and leave it when I am ready to do so. So regarding your question, I would have to say prepare ahead of time, meaning remain at the job that does not pay well but yes do something to supplement the income, learn all the ins and outs of the entire job and when monetarily you are able to take a step do so right away. Nothing last forever, but one thing is for sure, memories, hurt and pain never get forgotten, so be happy at whatever you do and make sure it is for the good of you and your family.

I would rather have less money at a job that I love. Because I would last longer in such a job, knowing that I enjoy it. you can't be happy with just money. Maybe I'll just find a sideline like what I'm doing right now.

In hard times like these, If I were in your situation, I would prefer to work that pays higher even though I hate the work. Let's face it, money is very much needed in our daily lives. If I work in a job that doesn't pay much but one I like, you will be happy at first. But once all your bills pile up , you wouldn't be happy too. For me, being in a job that pays well but won't make you happy will surely motivate me to work harder so I can save till I get out and find a new job that will make me happy.

u better have a job that you love.. it is good for health dont you think ? but life is not so kind to us.. some of us are bless with wonderful jobs where you can enjoy while doing it.. and some cant enjoy the job but can enjoy the salary.. whatver the job is you can make it enjoyable if you know what to do.. happy mylotting..

I'd rather have the job I love. Even if it's just enough to pay the bills, I won't have that worry and I won't have the stress of a job I hate. I've had too many of those jobs and some were pretty good pay but I was very unhappy and it was way too stressful.

I've had jobs that were decent paying, not great, but I earned much more than I do now, but I wasn't happy. Now I do what I like for a living and I am ecstatically happy. I am a pet sitter and get to be with animals all day long. Nothing could be better. Life is to short to be unhappy.

Well' I guess I'd rather have a job I hate that pays the bills because I'd hate myself more if I worry about bills all of my waking hours while enjoying my job. Wait..I guess I'd not enjoy my fabulous job because I'd be very worried about money. A good job would be a job that pays the bills, though it does not promise you trips or vacations but you enjoy.

WEll it is very tough to answer this question. I would vote for happiness. but sometimes we do have to sacrifice happiness for money. Another option is once you save enough money to pay monthly bills then you can settle in your happy job.

I would take the lower paying job, like above statements say, and find other ways to make extra income, part time job, donating plasma, just anything I could think of. You are making a decent step in the right direction posting here ^_^ I say if you have the time to try to earn online, go for it!