dedicated to sticking *something* out. i tend to quit things, and i have a great sense of accomplishment that i finished that, at least. and i loved being in school. yeah, i was ready to be done when i was done, but i LIKE homework and papers and assignments. maybe i'm a weird duck.
if it's not something that will give you any satisfaction or any other benefits you can think of, quit, and do what WILL make you happy. of course. it seems silly to stick out something you HATE because you think you should for some undefinable reason.
*sigh* but it's the eternal question of "will happiness now make me more miserable later than I am miserable now?"
I suppose I could phrase that better.
Say that happiness were rated on a scale of 1 to 10. Say that I'm at, say, a 6 happiness now, and that moving to Boston to be with Jason would put me at an 8, probably - not all money and job issues would be solved, but I'd be there.
However, say that moving to Boston and not getting a degree ends up with me working a very bad job in the future and Jason and I scraping for money and always in debt. That would lower my happiness level back down to a 5 or 6, I'd say. Lots of stress. And say that staying here and getting my degree ends up in more job prospects when I -am- with Jason, more freedom in the economic sense, and a happiness level of 9.
Moving to Boston now = 8+5/2 = 6.5 Staying in Norman = 6+9/2 = 7.5
Therefore, to ensure the most overall happiness, I should stay for now.
This is all made up and I'm not sure you can even quantify happiness like that. But it's just such a scary decision to make...
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on 3 Apr 2002 21:59 (UTC)if it's not something that will give you any satisfaction or any other benefits you can think of, quit, and do what WILL make you happy. of course. it seems silly to stick out something you HATE because you think you should for some undefinable reason.
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on 3 Apr 2002 22:21 (UTC)I suppose I could phrase that better.
Say that happiness were rated on a scale of 1 to 10. Say that I'm at, say, a 6 happiness now, and that moving to Boston to be with Jason would put me at an 8, probably - not all money and job issues would be solved, but I'd be there.
However, say that moving to Boston and not getting a degree ends up with me working a very bad job in the future and Jason and I scraping for money and always in debt. That would lower my happiness level back down to a 5 or 6, I'd say. Lots of stress. And say that staying here and getting my degree ends up in more job prospects when I -am- with Jason, more freedom in the economic sense, and a happiness level of 9.
Moving to Boston now = 8+5/2 = 6.5
Staying in Norman = 6+9/2 = 7.5
Therefore, to ensure the most overall happiness, I should stay for now.
This is all made up and I'm not sure you can even quantify happiness like that. But it's just such a scary decision to make...