Since the industrial revolution, the importance of money has increased a lot. Some people even believe that there is nothing which cannot be done with money. However, it is not too late to realize that there is more important thing than economical success. I firmly believe that lower-paying job is better than high-paying job if it provides more time to spend with family and friends for two main reasons: health and success.
To begin with, high-paying job would be meaningless if I lose my health. Much work load and long work time will give me a large amount of stress. Also, little free time takes away the chance to spend time with family and friends which is one of the best ways to get rid of stress. This much stress will make my health condition worse. According to the Ministry of Labor of Korea, the long-time workers get stressed almost every day. On the other hand, normal-time workers get stressed less than half a week. This research shows that long-time job seriously threatens the health condition of the workers.
On top of that, lower-paying job with shorter hours is better for the success of life. To make a successful life, we need to consider many things related to our life. For example, we should spend time to build our life plan or make strategy for investment. Also, the relationship with family and friends is one of the most important things for the success of life. Moreover, we can get many life lessons or wisdoms from them. To illustrate, when I was working so hard and spend almost all of my time at the company, my friends bought a real estate by the information from one of my friends. Now they are richer than me although I spent more time to work.
In brief, I would choose lower-paying job rather than high-paying job because I already realized that it is more helpful to spend some of my time with family and friends. That is a basic way to be healthier and to lead a more successful life. |