LogFAQs > #910333318

I have done many jobs, I have also commuted a long way for some jobs (at one point I was insane enough to commute from Hayward CA to San Jose CA, and due to traffic that could take 2 hours each way). I was young then.

Anyway, my point is simply that no matter how much I made, I was happiest doing jobs that I enjoyed or found rewarding. I tried to like all my jobs, but yeah, if you commute more then 30 minutes each way, that is already starting off with a negative (unless you love rush hour traffic then someone needs to clone your brain).

As far as being able to live comfortably, as long as you don't have kids, you can do that with almost any job, even part time. You might not have an expensive house, or even an apartment (you might have to have roomates, but given time you can find friends that you like living with, or a significant other to share the costs), but you can make enough to have a good/fun life and actually like what you do.

Not saying making more money isn't good, just saying that doing so at the expense of spending a large amount of your time doing a job you hate or at least don't like, isn't worth it.

If you have kids, then you are responsible for them and that changes (although I would still suggest that with effort and time you'll find a job you don't mind that pays enough to give them a good life).

Otherwise, take the job at gamestop if you love video games and work your way up to assistant manager or manager of a store over years if need be. Work at a job teaching people to mountain climb in San Fran if you love climbing, get a job teaching students music if that is where your heart is, or cook, even if they get almost no tips, cook somewhere that serves food you enjoy making and feel pride in serving.

There is always a way to find a job that you don't hate, that will pay your bills. Too many people get so wrapped up on making as much money as they can, that they end up spending much of their time miserable. I have seen it with a ton of new attorneys for instance, they spend so much time, effort and money working to be an attorney and then find out they hate it. Kinda hard to just throw your hands up and do something else, but quite a few do even so.
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