{"id":11316,"date":"2019-11-07T20:35:36","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T01:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=11316"},"modified":"2019-11-08T09:35:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T14:35:53","slug":"should-i-try-to-get-a-better-paying-job-that-i-dont-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/11\/07\/should-i-try-to-get-a-better-paying-job-that-i-dont-love\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8230;should I try to get a better paying job that I don&#8217;t love&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AW11082019-02.jpg\" alt=\"Studies often show that for most people money = happiness, no matter how much we tell ourselves the opposite. So, should I try to get a better paying job that I don't love or a lower paying one I find interesting? (I'm a senior)\" class=\"wp-image-11313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AW11082019-02.jpg 500w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AW11082019-02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AW11082019-02-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AW11082019-02-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Studies often show that for most people money = happiness, no matter how much we tell ourselves the opposite. So, should I try to get a better paying job that I don&#8217;t love or a lower paying one I find interesting? (I&#8217;m a senior)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Studies have shown that that&#8217;s only true up to a certain dollar amount &#8211; and not a very large one at that (See this article in Nature Human Behaviour: http:\/\/bit.ly\/CashJoy).  I would recommend trying to find work that meets at least your basic economic needs, interests you, and has a good forward path  towards better pay and opportunities. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Studies have shown that that&#8217;s only true up to a certain dollar amount &#8211; and not a very large one at that (See this article in Nature Human Behaviour: http:\/\/bit.ly\/CashJoy). I would recommend trying to find work that meets at least your basic economic needs, interests you, and has a good forward path towards better &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/11\/07\/should-i-try-to-get-a-better-paying-job-that-i-dont-love\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8230;should I try to get a better paying job that I don&#8217;t love&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[510,290,906,460],"class_list":["post-11316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-career","tag-career-choice","tag-happiness","tag-money","tag-salary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11316"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11329,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11316\/revisions\/11329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}