When pondering the age-old question, “Why do we work?” If I were to ask twenty co-workers the question, there would probably be twenty different answers for all twenty different people I asked. Some are the spouses of prominent surgeons at our hospital and surely don’t financially need to work, and others are in my position financially and rely heavily on their job for survival. If someone were to ask me the same questions, my answer would most likely be, “To make enough money to live.” Notice I didn’t phrase the answer, “To make enough money to live happily ever after.”

I recently changed positions within the same company (hospital) and the change was for the better. I went from dreading going to work everyday due to a conflict of personalities with my direct co-worker, to a job where there is appreciation shown on a daily basis and not minding getting up at 6:00 a.m. to go to work. But, note that I also took a small pay-cut, equaling less than a dollar less an hour, but none-the-less a cut in my precious pay. Even though t

Financial independence is a gift. According to Zelinski, “An important ingredient for happiness and satisfaction in life is the opportunity to complete difficult tasks. The more difficult and challenging the task, the more satisfaction we will get from completing the task.” In my case, my challenging task is completing my degree to then begin my independence.

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