Comments on: Can’t Buy Me Happiness

By: FMF

FMF — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 16:15:49 +0000

My advice — work for free for a lawyer as an intern to see if you like it. I did when I was in college, found that I hated it, and changed my career to marketing. It’s one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.

By: Darren R. Sussman

Darren R. Sussman — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 00:43:20 +0000

It’s odd, because financial success was/is important to me, but doing what I want to do was/is also important to me as well. I suppose, if you look at it, I chose to follow what was important and hoped the financial success would come later, because in the process of living how I wanted in terms of work, I sacrificed a great deal of financial security (although I would never say that I was “in trouble”, it was a little touchy at times). The end result, however, was a much more financially secure situation and what some might consider “success”. So I guess my point is that the most important thing is to first do what you want, and ideally the finances will work themselves out.

By: Flexo

Flexo — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 19:20:24 +0000

Ah, passion. The issue is I don’t really know what my true passion is. Once I was passionate about teaching music, but the multifaceted horrors of the U.S. public school system are too deep for me to really enjoy the activity. Will I be passionate about a certain aspect of the study of law? I don’t know.

By: Steve Mertz

Steve Mertz — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 18:56:22 +0000

Flexo-you will be happiest following your passion. The debt is a drag but it will take care of itself over time. Go to law school! ps remember the other day we were talking about essp plans-check out this article in todays WSJ free section.