*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 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...