Going for happiness??

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Do you think a person should go for happiness versus working a job that they really don't care for, but it pays more?

I want to be involve with the adult industry, and I am absolutely love every part of the industry. The dancing, the movies, interviews, promotions, and all that.... and I feel like it's the perfect career choice for me. I am already involve with dancing, and I don't want to quit the job. I plan on getting involve with films.

People, unless you're famous, consider this as a joke career.

Although the pay, prestige isn't all that great compare to a high-level college educated person. It could on average range from 30-60k.

I still love it.

When I was a nurse I worked alongside immigrants who often worked two nursing jobs, averaging 80 hours/week. They didn't like their profession, but in reference from where they came, they would rather put up with the misery of the jobs than live in a country where employment was nowhere to be found. Happiness was the furthest thing from their mind. They were the sacrificial lamb, so to speak, for their children to have a better life than they did.

If the job you're happy with pays enough for your basic needs plus some savings in case of emergencies, I say go for that.
It doesn't make sense to spend a large chunk of your life doing what you don't like if you have the option to do otherwise.

Two ways AS and NT has to look at this.

Generally, you have a job you either love or hate.

If your job prospects are limited, do you want to be paid well for something you hate or poorly for something you love? It's very rare to be paid well for something you love (but it does happen).

Many people have a life OUTSIDE of work, and work is a means to enjoy what really matters to them (in other words, they need the money). This can be hobbies, family, possessions, etc.

Some people, work is the bulk of their life, and if they are miserable at work, they are miserable at life.

Personally, I can't stand working someplace that makes me miserable. I'm looking to change jobs right now because of that. HOWEVER, if I was making DOUBLE of what I am now, I'd make more of an effort to put up with it because I'd not find anything that would reward me as well financially.

It's a personal choice. The ideal is happy and well-paid, but most have to find a balance. Many do choose relative poverty but happy and fulfilled over well-paid and miserable.