Another factor to consider is where you work. If you’ve just moved in with your partner you’re going to want to spend more time at home considering how much you’ll be spending on bills and rent/mortgage. For example, what stage are you at currently in your life? If you don’t have responsibilities back at home such as children then you might be more open to working long hours for a high earning job. However, there are other factors to consider. At first, the answer to overall happiness seems to be fairly obvious: Get a job that you love and work your way up to earning a lot. Various factors come in to the debate of job satisfaction vs high salary. To afford the finer things in life, we usually want a high salary – but at what point does job satisfaction take a back seat to accommodate for a mammoth salary? And is it possible to have the best of both worlds? To others (and probably many others) happiness comes with having nice things such as technology, nice clothes, cars etc. To some, happiness is simply having a roof over your head and food on your table. The term ‘happiness’ is defined many different ways to various people. It’s an age old question, and everyone is different. However, is having a job that pays really well but offers not much else really the key to long term overall happiness? Whether it’s for a new car, a holiday or just to pay off those credit cards – people would always appreciate some extra pennies in their pockets. I don’t know one person who doesn’t want or need more money.