pats that...is a very tough question o3o one that im sad to say has many different answers. To some its all about the money, getting enough to retire as early as they can and go back to doing nothing for as long as there lives allow. To some, its the journey, getting payed not nearly as much but getting to do for as long as they can at a job they love tell the day the physically cant work it any more. Me, i find myself lucky, I (currently) find computer science and IT work rather enjoyable, so getting a job in that field is a no brainier for me. I get to do something i enjoy and get payed a decent amount to do it, and that's cool! But for other 'easier' things, its a much harder decision to make. Its all really up to you in the end though o3o. What makes YOUR life feel fulfilling? is it getting up every morning hating life but knowing you have a end goal? Or do you want to get up excited every day, but know that your not making as much as you 'could' be making? Or is it trying to find a happy median between the two? Unfortunately, that's something you got to figure out for yourself. Everyone can give pointers and guidelines, but in the end its what makes you feel like life is worth living. Because it is, it truly truly is :3

I want to wake up and be happy to go to work. Be happy that I'm going to do things that makes people happy. I am currently working IT, and I love IT work so much, but my previous position was an Internet Installer. I installed Fibre optic based internet in homes, and that was fun, and so much less stress (Especially when customers left me to do my own thing until the work was done x3)

I'm finding that, it's not really IT work that bugs me, it's sitting at a desk all day, doing nothing but labs to make sure things work, and then deplayment, high stress because you're working with business grade stuff, and one wrong move can cripple something severely. I dunno, I just want to wake up in the morning, go to work, do something fun, and head home to relax. I don't care about money, but my mother is always pushing me towards the better paying stuff, while it may be in the field I studdied and love... it's not really a work I wanna do... I don't know if I'm making sense, but yeah...

It makes perfect sense, you want to do, you want to be moving. There are plenty of people like that, and it makes sense :3 You do love what you do but you want there to be more movement. All i can say is try and do that! get up out of your desk a few times a day and move around. As for the stress, that i cant help with x3 i know the feel, its hard to go in and work on something knowing one wrong move might cost a crap tone. but thats why you test, that's why you make sure, you get second opinions and then you finally send it off x3 As for your mother wanting you to work more, she just wants you to be the best you can be. For her she is more money oriented, she wants you to make good money so you can support yourself the way she wishes you could! If you really think about it, (hopefully) she just wants you to be happy, so im sure if you sit down with her and explain yourself, she'll probably be on your side, or at least maybe back down a little. So long as your supporting yourself i dont think she'd mind x3 (i dont know your mom though, so that's a ll pure speculation x3)

Moving around a bit vs being outside all around the city is two completely different things x3

And well, I get the testing, it's just I hate how repetitive it is. It's boring, and no matter how much testing and validation you do, something can always go wrong.

I also just have a hard time dealing with certain people.

At the end of the day, I want a job I'm happy at. I don't really care what it is, as long as I'm happy. And I don't know if I'm happy, if I'm sad, or what is causing my current down feeling. It's not sitting down all day, it's doing that every work day, sitting at a cubicle, just seemingly repeating the same thing over and over and over again, same boring things every day. And when things go down, it's just instant super stress. And I'm not sure I'll enjoy that...

True, its not a fun time to be in x3 in the end, i say go with what you want, with what you feel you wont. If both positions will make the lifestyle you want livable, then its always whichever one you will make you the most happy :3

You should always put your happiness first in my opinion! If your job is wearing you down, it might be a good idea to take a break or maybe start looking at some other work, maybe like private/independent jobs or hell maybe even starting your own business if you feel ambitious enough!
Honestly, even if the pay is very good I can't justify sacrificing your mental health for it. You should be working with something you like so that way you actually look forward to waking up and getting to do something you enjoy for a living. Don't wear yourself down too much or you'll really regret it later on ;x;

Yeah, it's just... I don't know, I'm always just stuck in this awkward spot where everyone seems to expect everything from me...

I find those boring IT jobs rather fun lol

I love my IT work, just I don't know if networking is for me quite yet x3

Happiness is a larger indicator of success than raw funds.

The society that places career progression over being content just creates monsters.

Tbh you should ALWAYS be working at avoiding work.

Ugh, I hear you. I've been in places where I literally found time to write down every reason why I *shouldn't* quit and the overall result was 'well, the money is great'.


You only get so much life, and I think if you can't be passionate about your work, you're wasting time. It's FAR easier to change your habits to require less money (learn to save, budget, and live well within your means, which most people don't realize is far below what they might otherwise consider) -- and do something you really enjoy for less pay as a result -- than work hard to make money and be so stressed out and bored and tired of your work that you probably want to either kill yourself or spend all that money on gratifying things you don't really need to take you away from the fact that you don't like your current job/life situation.

I would say 100% find the one you like better and do that. Life's too damn short to hate part of your day, let alone a majority of it.