It doesn't really mean a great deal of difference to a life. You live as you wish to do and if a job is oppressing, you leave it. I've done it on several occasions.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Generally, I'm a pretty positive, but like any other working person, if the jobs aren't coming in, I do get depressed.
So long as you don't feel life's paltry and a miserable business, the rest doesn't matter, happiness or unhappiness.
It's great to have the freedom to enjoy your work and not feel like you're leaving your other life behind.
I think that's what keeps you grounded - having your own life that's not directed by your job.
I think for anybody, regardless of what industry you work in, when you get a new job, and it's progressive in terms of your career, that is one of the best feelings in the world.
Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor.
But if you don't enjoy doing something, you'll be miserable no matter how much money you make.
There are certain pressures and things that change your life to a degree that, in the cost benefit analysis that constantly goes on, sometimes makes you think, 'Maybe I should just leave.'
Sometimes I think it'd be fun to do a completely different job for a while. You've got one life and you do the same job for the whole of it, and you think - was that a good use of a life?
I feel there is a big sense of accomplishment and achievement and self worth through what you do no matter what the job, no matter what you decide to dedicate your life to.