Gypsy
Super_Ideal_Rock
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How important is it to like what you are doing?
I mean. Well...I''ve always been told by my parents that ambition and money and prestige are the most important things, and if I have a choice between one job that I would ''like'' and one that I wouldn''t like but is better in terms of money, position etc... I should take the one with the bling. That I''m young and smart and I should make sacrifices to lifestyle, and everything in order to have a more comfortable life when I''m older. That if I go for a lower prestige job because I would ''like'' it more-- I''m being lazy and irresponsible.
And well... this is the static-- the script I was raised with. And I think the script is well... screwing me up.
What are your thoughts? IF you can''t have both . If you have to choose one path-- job you like or job that will get you ahead financially-- which do you think you should choose... and which would you tell your children to choose?
I mean. Well...I''ve always been told by my parents that ambition and money and prestige are the most important things, and if I have a choice between one job that I would ''like'' and one that I wouldn''t like but is better in terms of money, position etc... I should take the one with the bling. That I''m young and smart and I should make sacrifices to lifestyle, and everything in order to have a more comfortable life when I''m older. That if I go for a lower prestige job because I would ''like'' it more-- I''m being lazy and irresponsible.
And well... this is the static-- the script I was raised with. And I think the script is well... screwing me up.
What are your thoughts? IF you can''t have both . If you have to choose one path-- job you like or job that will get you ahead financially-- which do you think you should choose... and which would you tell your children to choose?