Doing what you love for a living

[DJD]

So from that are you happy with your job thread, I'm determined to find something I WANT to do, something I LOVE to do and make money from it. Like one of the posters said, life is too **** short to do what you hate! I googled how to find what you love and this article came up http://briankim.net/blog/2006/07/how...ou-love-to-do/

It's got some great ideas and exercises in that has given me some direction but I'm still kind of hesitant in pulling the trigger. Will I be happy doing what I love but barely make money to survive? Is it better to get that high paying job even though it's a job you hate? Feel like I'm having some sort of life crisis.

If I had to choose I would rather do the job I hate and make big money. Money doesn't buy happiness but it makes misery tolerable! Money is what makes the world go round not happiness(JMO). If you have an opportunity to make good money "legally" then you have to try it. I mean if you make 6 figures and want to stash away for a rainy day you prolly could if your not out of control but if you making 30-40k a year it gets harder.

[kygorski]

Consider retirement! I've enjoyed every minute since august 1993.

[waterdog101]

Consider retirement! I've enjoyed every minute since august 1993.

I can't hardly wait, I have 3 years to go. and if Ronald Reagan hadn't like the working man so much, that he fixed it so we all could work another year. by raising the retirement age. I would only have to work 2 more years.

[kygorski]

I had enough points for retirement,and then they made all of us technicians[6], A nice raise, and a pager! Then came a buy out offer, one catch, needed to train two replacements[one was my former plant manager]. 32 weeks of full pay, company paid the difference between social security and my full social security benefit till I reached 6, very good benefits, and could leave my 401 k in till age 62. talked to my wife about it, and was 57 and no longer employed.

[Mean Morone]

If you are going to be self employed, the government is going to love you. Everyone should be self employed at least once in their life. Gives you a hole new out look on government. I will never forget the first time I met my tax lady. She asked what I did for a living, and her response was, "the government is going to love you". Not meant to be a positive statement. I've always been self employed except for a few stints in factories and the unions that came with it. It is so much more enjoyable to be your own boss. The government is the one that provides the headaches.

[kygorski]

I was thinking of being a fishing guide[cousin is one], my son was going to bank roll me the first year. then we took a couple of charters together.Bad weather came in, fish were scattered,and the guides worked their butts of to please us. And we were considered better than average customers.There are better ways eo make a living. My son is now a teacher, BUT has a secong job, self employed antique dealer, just to pay social secururity, in case the state he lives in goes into default on his pension plan.

[Tyme2fish]

Consider retirement! I've enjoyed every minute since august 1993.

Yep, best job I've ever had is no job!! Quitired since January 2008

[Tim_T]

If I had to choose I would rather do the job I hate and make big money. Money doesn't buy happiness but it makes misery tolerable! Money is what makes the world go round not happiness(JMO). If you have an opportunity to make good money "legally" then you have to try it. I mean if you make 6 figures and want to stash away for a rainy day you prolly could if your not out of control but if you making 30-40k a year it gets harder.

Don I understand your point but I could not disagree more. There are many things FAR more important in this life than money.