So, I bet I could guess most folks' gut answer to this question, but give it some pondering (unless you're rich, then forget it.)
Is there a price for your happiness? I mean, would you rather have a job that makes you happy, or one that offers a hubba-hubba salary? Sure, the gut says "Happy is better than rich" and to an extent, that is very true, but take it to the limit. If you love your job, more than any job ever, and make $25,000...life is good. But what if someone offered you a job for $75,000 that isn't quite as good?
I got a phone call tonight from someone pondering that question. She had a high $$ job. Made money hand-over-fist. Rolling in it, buying new cars and getting her nails done. The stress almost killed her. She took a job making much less, but being treated like a queen. She loves it, but she needs more cash. Does she go back? That's the question she's facing now. She could go back to the big bucks pretty easily, but the stress would return and the hours would suck.
Is money worth it? My gut says "happiness is more important." Kevin has left great jobs for more money and found it to be a disaster. Still, I can't help but wonder...
This is NOT about me or my job. I just wonder. I mean, I may get a salary offer at some point (it's unavoidable at my job) and I hear it will be a sweet offer. I need to prepare myself for that day.
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I can't really give you or her any advice, hon. I'm pretty much stuck with my job because there aren't too many opportunities for a humor writer/cartoonist here in KC except with the company I work for. I don't even have the fantasy of leaving.
If your friend is grown up enough to be offered a 75K salaried job -- she should be grown up enough to know what to do with that offer. Being an adult is really friggin' hard!
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