| The cost of living is just as important as your salary. If | | | | and quality of life as a whole. Many people think they |
| you make $60,000 per year, but live in an area where | | | | are rich because they are making a lot of money |
| the average house costs $500,000 per year you may | | | | when in reality they are poorer than people with half |
| be better off taking a job for $30,000 per year where | | | | their income living somewhere else. |
| you can buy the same size house for $80,000. Most | | | | You can't just focus on your income you have to look |
| people tend to look at their yearly income, but forget to | | | | at your income and expenses in order to be able to |
| pay any attention to their expenses. | | | | make a good decision. You also can't focus just on the |
| There are a host of other expenses to consider as | | | | money, you have to look at your life holistically. If you |
| well. If you take an expensive job some where that | | | | just look at one part you can convince yourself that |
| requires a two hour commute each way the cost is | | | | you are making a good decision, when in fact you are |
| really going to add up. Even more important than the | | | | setting yourself up for poverty. |
| cost of gas and mileage, is the amount of your life that | | | | It isn't how much you make that matters. What is |
| you'll be giving away. If you end up in traffic for 4 | | | | more important is whether or not you are getting to |
| hours each day, you are basically having to spend the | | | | live your life in a way that you are happy with. If you |
| same amount of time you'd spend on a part time job | | | | just focus on the money, you can convince yourself |
| just to get to work. You might be better off taking a | | | | that you are happy with a situation that really amounts |
| lower paying job and putting in 20 hours per week at | | | | to living in poverty. Look at your life as a whole. If you |
| McDonalds. | | | | don't you'll get to retirement age and wonder where all |
| The point is that you need to really consider how | | | | the years went and why you didn't spend them |
| taking a particular job will impact your financial situation | | | | differently. |