re: What's more important: Career you enjoy but low pay, or career you don't but good pay?

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Which do you choose: Time with family is about a wash. Freedom is about a wash. First is a 9-5 Mon-Fri and Second is shiftwork.

Career you like, in a field you like for 45-60k average

or

Career you know you won't enjoy but pay is 75-90k average.

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Think about it this way...

A person from the year 1900 would look at the life of an American in 2018 making 55k a year vs. an American making 80k a year and see essentially no difference in quality of life. Both would be off the charts good.

Don't punt your happiness for a few bucks that won't change your standard of living that much in the grand scheme of things.