My dream job is related to my educational degree and it would be an honor to work in that field. But thinking about family and my obligations, should I redirect my job search towards high paying jobs that's are not related to my degree and are not my dream job. Would it be smarter to go for the high paying job that might be boring but would allow me to pursue other dreams like saving up for the future; travel to other beautiful countries, and prepare for emergencies, ike a health issue. I'm confused. I mean priorities change and we have to decide wisely on an opportunity. What are the things that I should consider?
This is a life size question. Making career decisions has the potential to change the course of your life. You make one career choice and betore you know it your have other opportunities based on that and 20 years later you are firmly embedded in a career that you made, sometimes on the spur of the moment, sometimes based on things that just seemed important at the time.
While I am a firm believer in going for your dreams, I also realize that reality steps in and messes up our dreams sometimes. If you have a family, kids, a mortgage, sick people to take care of, then it's a little harder to just focus solely on getting the job you love. You have tough decisions to make.
But here's the other side of the coin. The reality is, you are more likely to win a job you are enthusiastic about and really want. You are more likely to be good at and succeed in the career you love than in one that's just a job. It's true! I just wrote a couple of articles for Examiner that address this very issue.
It sounds like you've also already invested in an education in your dream field. Not only have you invested money, you've invested your time and effort.
Here is the other reason for going for your dream job: think about doing something you hate, with people you don't like, in a place you're unhappy. Imagine doing that for one hour. How do you feel when you're in that situation? Now imagine doing it for 11,000 days or 88,000 hours.
Life is TOO SHORT. When I do workshops for kids in high school about career planning I always try to get them to think in that way. A job isn't just a job - it's a third of your life. Don't spend it doing something you don't like.
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