A to Z Quick Tok 52 | Would you rather have a job that you love but struggle financially or a job that pays really well but doesn't make you happy?

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2023-10-19

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In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Jack is joined by May, Layla, and Hendrick as the discuss the following Would you rather? question: Would you rather have a job that you love but struggle financially or a job that pays really well but doesn't make you happy?  Transcript: 00:00:00 Jack You're listening to the A-Z English podcast. 00:00:11 Jack Welcome to the A-Z English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm one of the hosts of the podcast and today I am joined by my good friends and guest hosts Layla Hendrick and May. 00:00:25 Jack And we have a really good would you rather question this one was brought to me by May. So thank you may for this one. And the question is would you rather have a job that you love? 00:00:41 Jack But struggle financially or have a job that pays really well but doesn't make you happy. 00:00:53 Jack Oh, this is a tough one. This is a tough one. 00:00:58 May This is. 00:00:58 Jack Layla, I'm going to. 00:01:00 Jack Let you. 00:01:01 Jack Get the first you know, take a the first crack at this one. 00:01:05 Jack What do you think? 00:01:06 Layla OK. Honestly, it's really a tough, tough situation to deal with. 00:01:13 Layla Uh, if I rather have a job, but I really love it. 00:01:19 Layla But I couldn't make enough money exactly at the question said to travel financially. 00:01:29 Layla Or maybe to have a job that saves a lot of money, but I am never happy. I maybe that job doesn't make. 00:01:39 Layla Me happy at all. 00:01:41 Layla I think she. 00:01:44 Layla Uh, I will go with the job that I love because I want to feel. 00:01:52 Layla I want to. 00:01:53 Layla See my relax. Uh, maybe with the job that I love, I love it. I I can make a process and. 00:02:04 Layla To develop myself in some different ways, which makes me be able to get another chance of another job. So. 00:02:15 Layla Because I love that job strongly, I have a passion about it. 00:02:20 Layla So I think I will go with the having. 00:02:24 Layla A job that I really like it. 00:02:27 Jack OK. 00:02:27 Layla Because I think I will create about that job. 00:02:31 Jack Yeah. You're taking you're kind of taking a risk. You're taking a gamble. 00:02:36 Jack On and following your we say in English following your gut, you know your gut instinct, right? It's like I think I should be doing this even though I don't make a lot of money. This is what I really love. This is my passion. OK, that's very respect. Respectable. You know, that's commendable. 00:02:57 Jack I like that answer. 00:02:59 Jack All right. 00:03:00 Jack Trick. What about you, Sir? What are you going to choose? You going to take the job? That pays well, but doesn't make you happy. Or are you going to follow your passion and take the job that you love, even though you're not making much money and you are struggling financially? 00:03:19 Hendrick Wow. Yeah, to be honest, it's quite tough, but I think I will go with the number. 00:03:28 Hendrick Like I will, I will. I will try to have, like, a job that pays well, but doesn't make me happy because yeah, I mean like. 00:03:39 Hendrick At least you know, like I have a job. And then I have good financial like I have this money and then. 00:03:48 Hendrick I have a. 00:03:48 Hendrick Doubt with the number one, I mean like you have like a job that you love but you don't, you know, like good at financial. I think that's also not make you happy like you know like struggle in financial. 00:04:04 Hendrick I mean like we will be happy. 00:04:06 Hendrick With that right? 00:04:08 Hendrick And at least I mean like I. 00:04:10 Hendrick Just need to work. 00:04:12 Hendrick Is a day in a job like maybe 8 hours or seven hours? Yeah, maybe at a time. 00:04:19 Hendrick I I'm not happy, but I'm I think after that after I receive the money, maybe I will be happy, yes. 00:04:26 Jack Right. 00:04:27 Jack So, OK, so you're you're not happy at work for 8 hours, but you're happy at home because you have money and you can really buy some stuff that will
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  • You're listening to the A to Z English podcast.

  • Welcome to the A to Z English podcast.

  • My name is Jack, and I'm one of the hosts of the podcast.

  • And today I am joined by my good friends and guest hosts, Layla Hendrick and May.

  • And we have a really good would you rather question.

  • This one was brought to me by May, so thank you, May, for this one.

  • And the question is, would you rather have a job that you love but struggle financially or have a job that pays really well but doesn't make you happy?

  • Ooh, this is a tough one.

  • This is a tough one.

  • Layla, I'm going to let you get the first, you know, take the first crack at this one.

  • What do you think?

  • Honestly, it's really a tough top situation to decided if I rather have a job that I really love it, but I couldn't make enough money, exactly as the question says, to struggle financially or maybe to have a job that pays a lot of money, but I am never happy, or maybe that job doesn't make me happy at all.

  • I think I will go with the job that I love because I want to feel.

  • I want to feel relaxed.

  • Maybe with the job that I love it, I can make a process and to develop myself in some different ways, which makes me be able to get another chance of another job because I love that job strongly.

  • I have a passion about it.

  • So I think I will go with having a job that I really like it.

  • Okay.

  • I think I will create about that job.

  • Yeah, you're taking.