I believe a lot more people would find enjoyment and happyness even in jobs that you would not ordinarily classify as “enjoyable” or exciting, if the conditions of their work would not have them constantly worry about being able to survive or just make their work so much more miserable than it needs to be.
Stress is a huge driver of unhappyness in work and there is often so much unnecessary pressure on time and success, it is insane. I often wonder how much more happy AND (as a result) productive people would be if they could actually work as they are meant to be instead of the norm being this stress-driven, restrictive and underpaid treadmill.
Mostly I found that it is not so much about earning more money, but about earning enough money to be able to live a normal, healthy life, that contributes to overall happyness. Anything after that may not actually lead to a happier life, because of the effects of hedonic adaptation mentioned in the article.
Stress is a huge driver of unhappyness in work and there is often so much unnecessary pressure on time and success, it is insane. I often wonder how much more happy AND (as a result) productive people would be if they could actually work as they are meant to be instead of the norm being this stress-driven, restrictive and underpaid treadmill.
Mostly I found that it is not so much about earning more money, but about earning enough money to be able to live a normal, healthy life, that contributes to overall happyness. Anything after that may not actually lead to a happier life, because of the effects of hedonic adaptation mentioned in the article.