Money Vs. Happiness

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pmoney25

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Jan 14, 2010 11:15 PM
So I am getting a New Job offer tomorrow. New Company/Industry. My total compensation seems like it may decrease by about 10k a year(higher salary/lower commission/bonus than current job.) The hours would go down from about 50 to 40-42. No Saturdays and More time with family.

Question is Take New Job and be happier or Keep current job and make more money. Granted 10k is not a huge amount of difference but almost $1000 a month loss is not that easy to give up.
Jan 14, 2010 11:15pm
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Jan 14, 2010 11:16 PM
Happiness.
Jan 14, 2010 11:16pm
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UA5straightin2008

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Jan 14, 2010 11:17 PM
money.
Jan 14, 2010 11:17pm
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GoChiefs

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Jan 14, 2010 11:20 PM
If you can afford to take the new job..then happiness. But if you can't..obviously the money.
Jan 14, 2010 11:20pm
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Be Nice

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Jan 14, 2010 11:21 PM
Money...it will bring happiness.
Jan 14, 2010 11:21pm
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Curly J

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Jan 14, 2010 11:21 PM
Happiness. I took a 5 dollar per hour pay cut many years ago due to hating my job.Don't ask me how it happened, cause I don't know, but in less than a year I had more money in my checking account than when I was making more money...plus lots of happiness
Jan 14, 2010 11:21pm
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killdeer

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Jan 14, 2010 11:31 PM
Happiness. Peace of mind is priceless.
Jan 14, 2010 11:31pm
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Strapping Young Lad

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Jan 14, 2010 11:40 PM
Money is great. Happiness is greater.
Jan 14, 2010 11:40pm
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hasbeen

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Jan 15, 2010 12:20 AM
How long you been married? How old are kids? Can you afford not having the extra money for their future?
Jan 15, 2010 12:20am
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queencitybuckeye

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Jan 15, 2010 6:26 AM
Happiness - if you can afford it. Being in a satisfying job is a wonderful thing, but priority one is to take care of one's family.
Jan 15, 2010 6:26am
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Teabagger

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Jan 15, 2010 6:37 AM
depends if you are going from something like 100k to 90k, or 50k to 40k. Everyone can say happiness all they want, but when you are strapped and living paycheck to paycheck happiness will be perceived differently imo. like everyone else says, if you can afford it than certainly happiness is more important, but if you will have to change your life even a little less money may be a big problem. i think i make a decent wage but losing almost a grand a month would kill me.
Jan 15, 2010 6:37am
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RLDE34

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Jan 15, 2010 6:40 AM
Depends. Losing 10K off of a 50K salary is different than losing it from 100k.
Jan 15, 2010 6:40am
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RLDE34

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Jan 15, 2010 6:41 AM
echo
Jan 15, 2010 6:41am
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ZWICK 4 PREZ

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Jan 15, 2010 6:41 AM
God I'd hate to have to be responsible for other human beings.
Jan 15, 2010 6:41am
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Jan 15, 2010 7:03 AM
I would be going from 70 to 60 k. Also should note, I absolutely hate my current job. My wife makes good money also and we can afford the loss, but the extra money is nice to have. I have to know by 2PM what my decision will be. Leaning towards the less paying job.
Jan 15, 2010 7:03am
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rmolin73

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Jan 15, 2010 7:09 AM
Happiness hands down.
Jan 15, 2010 7:09am
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ernest_t_bass

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Jan 15, 2010 7:11 AM
Moneyness
Jan 15, 2010 7:11am
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rmolin73

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Jan 15, 2010 7:13 AM
AHA^^^^
Jan 15, 2010 7:13am
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power i

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Jan 15, 2010 7:16 AM
9 years ago I was in the same situation. Because we could afford it, I took the lower paying job. I often think it would be nice to have the extra money, but I'm in a job I love and much closer to home. There is nothing more important than happiness and if you are happy the kids won't mind doing with a little less.
Jan 15, 2010 7:16am
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Con_Alma

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Jan 15, 2010 7:26 AM
Spending more time with my children and wife would easily be worth $10,000.
Jan 15, 2010 7:26am
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Jan 15, 2010 7:54 AM
happiness, you can cut spending elsewhere to make up some of the $10,000, you cant make a job that you currently hate better.
Jan 15, 2010 7:54am
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noreply66

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Jan 15, 2010 7:59 AM
happiness
Jan 15, 2010 7:59am
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ernest_t_bass

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Jan 15, 2010 8:00 AM
My wife took a took a new job about 1.5 years ago. Lower paying, way less flexibility, and she had a 2 minute drive, apposed to 15 minute drive. It worked great, for the family, her, and the kids!

Well, her company moved to a nearby city, and now she has to drive 40 minutes to work, and she isn't getting paid anymore.

You make the call.
Jan 15, 2010 8:00am
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ernest_t_bass

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Jan 15, 2010 8:02 AM
Also, I have to ad... Happiness isn't always what it's cracked up to be. Many people will take security/stability over happiness, b/c it takes away worry. Over happiness, many of us would rather be (in the words of the great Pink Floyd) comfortably numb
Jan 15, 2010 8:02am
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Scarlet_Buckeye

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Jan 15, 2010 8:13 AM
$1,000 a month is way too much money to give up, especially when you have a family involved.
Jan 15, 2010 8:13am