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Kinja'd!!! "RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire" (ricerocketeer2)
05/28/2014 at 03:09 • Filed to: None

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So I'm getting promoted at work, but I have a love/hate relationship with the job. Mostly hate, honestly. It's stressful but I can't imagine doing anything else well enough to pay for my car stuff. Have an NSX for reading.

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Kinja'd!!! wiffleballtony > RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire
05/28/2014 at 03:28

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I spent 7 years of my life in the Financial Industry. I got paid good bt I hated it and myself. Last year I did a career change and took a massive pay cut. I am much happier as a person. With that said, my Mustang won't be getting a twin turbo any time soon now.


Kinja'd!!! samssun > RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire
05/28/2014 at 06:47

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Life's about trade offs. An exceptional few can do something awesome and get paid a ton. A small number can do something decent and get paid well. Most have to chose between something fun and something that pays better, and many get neither.

If well paying jobs were easy/fun, everyone would do them. Are you picking a stressful but rewarding challenge that will buy you an NSX over a mindless gig that'll leave you in an Accord forever? Or unrewarding stress with just enough pay to "upgrade" to an ES?


Kinja'd!!! E92M3 > RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire
05/28/2014 at 08:33

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Do something you enjoy. Life is too short to be miserable. You spend more time working than you do in your cars. 8hrs a day miserable to enjoy a 1 hr drive home. Thats a assuming your not stuck in miserable traffic.