Money Vs Passion

[lsa]

18yo-45yo Money

45yo-(???) Passion

Unless your single, never been married or had kids then it’s Money or Passion at 100%, but not both, one or the other.. Unless you’re one of those people who found Money and Passion in the same thing..

If you found that, Fuck You!

Thank you.

 

[koquerelle]

It depends on some factors:
-how old are you?
-do you have a wife and children depending on you?

I think you should go for the passion project if you're willing to live with the consequences. I did and it didn't pan out, but I gave it a shot and I'm happy I did.

I made 2 short films (one good, one horrible) and I'll never have to ask myself what if...

 

[Unknown Pleasures]

Hey everyone hope you're doing good ?

Any of you ever been in a career situation when he had to chose between money and doing something he truly likes ?

I'm stuck in the dilemma and I'm leaning towards the money side. But I am double guessing because I'm a bit afraid of having regrets when I get older.

It's a career choice that I will stuck with for what's left of it probably.

Any of you been there ?

Yes sir, and frankly, to answer your question, it is VERY individualistic and the right answer for me may or may not be the right answer for you.

The answer is within you.... my recommendation when in these situations and confused is to just talk to experienced people you trust and eventually the right answer will come out of you when speaking to them and you will know it. Everybody's chess board is set up in a unique way, and only you can know what's the best move but to figure it our you need to self reflect sufficiently.

My personal chess board was:

- I could not depend on anybody else for anything in life. No family support (I basically had to support my parents instead of vice-versa which is horrible).

- I don't have real strong passions, any job I have to do day in and day out I definitely will not enjoy every day

- despite mediocre academic credentials for my industry I had a very good mind for it, and it allowed me to really excel

- while I have had a great career, my job was never my central identity, folks who make their career their life and their central identity generally experience lower life satisfaction and are particularly ill equipped to deal with setbacks. They're also more likely to have spouses who couple with them for this reason who also can't deal with setbacks

- I am NOT someone who really cares for material items and trinkets and toy collecting materialism. I mean, I have made a lot of money, and I've bought some expensive things but did so knowing they wouldn't bring me particular happiness, and most of the time they don't. New car smell wears off quick and trinkets rarely bring the degree of joy you anticpate

- Giving is important later on in life, and if you have a family, you ought to think of how your actions can help afford them their best lives

All in all, I say I prioritized money initially simply because I wanted to be in a position where I wouldn't have to worry about it, and I knew if I had setbacks there was nobody to help me, but once I hit that spot I totally flipped to passion and adjusted things to give me the lifestyle I wanted.

One thing I will say for me though is that there was definitely a diminishing utilty of money. Provided you don't live in an expensive area, like making up numbers if you make 100K a year, definitely don't expect to be twice as happy if you make 200K a year, etc. I personally think there's a GREAT VALUE in living below your means -- big houses, fast cars, swiss watches are largely nonsense.

My personal path was investing a lot more of my money than the 50/30/20 rule would imply, earned passive income as a security blanket, and when I had comfort I used my cash to buy time back in life and settle into enjoyable things. I will also confess I had a very close extremely career oriented friend die pretty damn young on me, and honestly she never got to spend the money she made.

There's a lot of societal pressure these days to make money for the sake of making money which is really a new development in human history given the cultish move to materialism as the new God. The materialism cult exists because for the vast majoirty of people when they make money, they are making someone else money too through their labor, except the other folks are earning it passively and not giving up their time for it. So keep that in mind.

And finally, I will say that happiness is largely genetic and elastic, and your choice likely won't make as big an impact as you think EXCEPT if you are in a toxic situation and looking to escape it. In other words, if you have a good job that's ok, and move to your passion (or vice versa) it likely won't move the dial nearly as much as you might think. But leaving a toxic work environment to move to a passion you will definitely feel.

 

[Contempt]

Be safe, I'm on eggshells still in the same medical device industry. It's just as rough as Tech with the combo of tariffs and the Big Beautiful Bullshit crap health coverage scare.

The tariffs royally fucked me over because I run a department that deals with critical components from overseas...

Yeah... but that's kind of the point. If you have critical medical components that are only manufactured overseas, it starts to become a national security issue.

Kind of like millions of people in your country only being alive due to the availability of insulin... and the country that supplies all that insulin being the one you are most likely to be at war with.

It's disruptive but definitely in the best interests of your country to be moving manufacturing for key things back.

Countries like Australia? Yeah, we're just fucked if shit really hits the fan, you won't be.

 

[TribalDrumz]

Yeah... but that's kind of the point. If you have critical medical components that are only manufactured overseas, it starts to become a national security issue.

Kind of like millions of people in your country only being alive due to the availability of insulin... and the country that supplies all that insulin being the one you are most likely to be at war with.

It's disruptive but definitely in the best interests of your country to be moving manufacturing for key things back.

Countries like Australia? Yeah, we're just fucked if shit really hits the fan, you won't be.

Funny you mention Australia. The company sources Pig tissue from there hehe. They make heart

 

[FléauDeDieu]

In all these discussions of money vs passion you should consider time as well.

You could make all the money in the world but unless you're in an industry where you might make something that'll outlive you (the arts) or working towards something unique (Olympic gold medal) the vast majority of people don't say they wished they'd spent more time at their jobs on their deathbeds.

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

I’ve been a zookeeper for 23 years and it pays the bills now, times were tough for a very long time. I worked two jobs for 12 years and honestly there is very little I would have changed it for. I feel like I was meant to take care of animals and have worked very hard to be where I am today.
I chose passion and don’t regret it, my kid is a zookeeper now too.

 

[Brom Bones]

Hey everyone hope you're doing good ?

Any of you ever been in a career situation when he had to chose between money and doing something he truly likes ?

I'm stuck in the dilemma and I'm leaning towards the money side. But I am double guessing because I'm a bit afraid of having regrets when I get older.

It's a career choice that I will stuck with for what's left of it probably.

Any of you been there ?

You know, I had to choose between a civil engineer and a fluffer on gay porn sets. I chose the later and never looked back.

 

[Koya]

I’ve been a zookeeper for 23 years and it pays the bills now, times were tough for a very long time. I worked two jobs for 12 years and honestly there is very little I would have changed it for. I feel like I was meant to take care of animals and have worked very hard to be where I am today.
I chose passion and don’t regret it, my kid is a zookeeper now too.

I'm so happy for you bro, you're living the dream

 

[FléauDeDieu]

I’ve been a zookeeper for 23 years and it pays the bills now, times were tough for a very long time. I worked two jobs for 12 years and honestly there is very little I would have changed it for. I feel like I was meant to take care of animals and have worked very hard to be where I am today.
I chose passion and don’t regret it, my kid is a zookeeper now too.

Is it hard to be one? I always wanted to be a falconer when I was younger, but travelling the world full time would make that hard.

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

Is it hard to be one? I always wanted to be a falconer when I was younger, but travelling the world full time would make that hard.

Yeah, the job is physically taxing (me and three other keepers moved about 30,000lbs of stone dust today), emotionally taxing the connection with animals when they die and a lot of other issues.

To be a falconer, you don’t have to travel and depends on your local and federal
Laws.

 

[Trabaho]

be so good at your passion that it makes you money. Work at your passion. But it´s work. It´s not having fun. And yeah have a career or job so you don´t fall and go broke. Why not work reasonably and do your passion after it. Just don´t work too much so you got time left.

 

[TheNinja]

Depends on the salary difference between the passion and the money option. If it's anywhere close, choose passion. Then again I'm in my 40s and have no desire to be a mercenary for cash. As long as it's a comfortable salary choose passion. That's what I'm doing now. Looking for jobs within my same field, but for specific companies that I"m passionate about so I can make a positive difference in this world. That's going to cost me a paycut but it's worth it to try to leave this world better than when I arrived.