Love or money?

shopaholic01 · 15-04-2013 09:46PM

wolfpawnat wrote: »

Winning the lotto apparently lowers your life expectancy! :eek:

I'll take it anyway - quality over quantity!

1ZRed · 15-04-2013 11:18PM

Can I not just love the money?

Gorilla Rising · 16-04-2013 01:15AM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Some movieland examples of what happens
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoneyDearBoy

I don't think this is that relevant.

These actors are still doing work they set out and love to do - acting.

The examples are the same as if I was an accountant (and I love being an accountant) and was asked to audit some company for a few weeks in a country with crap weather and food I never wanted to visit in the first place, but the pay was good so I did..

Michael Caine isn't stuck playing the same character in Jaws IV for 30 years from 9-5.

Also, acting itself brings a lot of extra perks to the table that a regular job would never provide. It's hardly a big ask to act in a crap film for 3 months and get paid hundreds of thousands or millions of quid.

jjjd · 16-04-2013 01:24AM

ruaille buaille wrote: »

So would u rather have a job that u absolutely love doing but just barely pays the bills OR a job thats only alright but u have a pretty comfortable lifestyle.

If you have a job that you love doing then you are likely to be very happy.

If you are happy you're not going to worry too much about bills.

Having a pretty comfortable lifestyle does not mean you will be happy. In fact it will mean little to you or have no value if you are not happy with your job.

I choose option 1.

16-04-2013 07:29AM

jjjd wrote: »

If you are happy you're not going to worry too much about bills.

So you'll go out every morning to do the job you love, come home happy and sit in a dark, cold house with no electricity, happily ignoring the eviction letters and bills on the table? Never able to afford to start a family or get assistance from the state to do so due to your brilliant job.

Sadderday · 16-04-2013 07:39AM

money!! i'm alright Jack, keep your hands off my stack

Sadderday · 16-04-2013 07:42AM

Gucci Job, lots of cash.......

Just act the boll'ix and make it what you want

Northern Monkey · 16-04-2013 07:53AM

My dad always says it isn't what you earn, it is what it takes to keep you. My parents both would have had fairly low paying jobs when we were growing up, but we didn't want for anything.

Zer0 · 16-04-2013 09:59AM

both

jjjd · 16-04-2013 02:23PM

true-or-false wrote: »

So you'll go out every morning to do the job you love, come home happy and sit in a dark, cold house with no electricity, happily ignoring the eviction letters and bills on the table? Never able to afford to start a family or get assistance from the state to do so due to your brilliant job.

I think you've mis-read the original post! The OP said you would earn enough to barely pay the bills with the job you love, but not earn a lot to afford a life of luxury. There was no mention of going hungry, not being able to pay the rent, etc.

studiorat · 16-04-2013 07:29PM

If you pick no. 1 there's always the opportunity that things will improve. The job you love could start paying more. With option 2 there's no scope for improvement, you've enough money and still got a lousy job. The bit of optimism goes a long way!

Option one is all fine and dandy until you need to consider the other people in your life.

That said I've yet to meet someone who'd paid really well and just does 8 hours a day.

Capt'n Midnight · 16-04-2013 10:16PM

fortune wookiee wrote: »

I don't think this is that relevant.

These actors are still doing work they set out and love to do - acting.

It's very relevant because they have frequent offers of both types. For them the grass isn't greener because they've hopped over the fence so many times.

suicide_circus · 16-04-2013 10:17PM

Wheres the option for ****e job with ****e money, which is what I appear to have chosen

Love or money?

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