I used to be a financial analyst. I made a lot of money ... more money than I needed or really cared to spend, frankly. However, I worked long hours and my son was in daycare too much, IMO. I didn't hate the job per se. Certain aspects of it I did not like ... the politics, the hours, the dress code. I liked the work, but I'm one of those people that just want to go to work, do my job quietly, and go home. I'm not into networking, politicing, smoozing, etc.
So, I quit my job and bought a dog kennel and grooming shop. I make now about one fifth the amount of money I used to make. Literally. But it's ok. I don't really care about money, as long as the bills are paid and there is food on the table. I'm not a shopper, and I have more material possesions than I will ever need until the day I die. Plus, I work from home and I'm always here with my kids and my dogs.
So indeed, I would take the lower paying job which made me and my family happy over the higher paying job which made us unhappy ANY DAY.
"We give dogs the time we can spare, the space we can spare and the love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made" - M. Facklam
"We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers - thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams."- P.S. Beagle
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king." - J.R.R. Tolkien
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