This is a question I am constantly ruminating on. I don't tend to stay happy in any job for any length of time, but as each job/career change has led to higher compensation, on some levels I feel held hostage by the money. Part of the issue is that I'm a typical Taurus. I'm materialistic. I like hobbies with lots of fun gear (SCUBA, photography, motorcycles, sailing, hunting, see what I mean?, I like to surround myself with pretty things to look at, I love to travel and see new places and I love to dine at wonderful restaurants (and even not so wonderful ones). Without money, I obviously can do very little of these things. At the same time, I'm very envious of people who live simply. People that don't care what car they drive, who are comfortable in a small modular home etc. etc.
Increasingly, the "I hate me job" starts to spill out into my non-work time like an illness. Whatever the next trip that I have planned becomes the drug that I need to treat the illness (Key Largo dive trip June 25th, them Belize trip at the end of October) and like an addict, I need more and better diversions. This is a little amplified as my last few work days have been filled with even more such than usual, but be that as it may, the argument is still my constant companion.
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4. Be poor and work at a job you love or be rich and work at a job you hate?
Date: 2014-05-12 03:45 pm (UTC)Increasingly, the "I hate me job" starts to spill out into my non-work time like an illness. Whatever the next trip that I have planned becomes the drug that I need to treat the illness (Key Largo dive trip June 25th, them Belize trip at the end of October) and like an addict, I need more and better diversions. This is a little amplified as my last few work days have been filled with even more such than usual, but be that as it may, the argument is still my constant companion.