Where'd the marshmallow go?

[urbpan]

If you gave me a choice between working my regular job for $100/hr for a year (then returning to my normal pay rate) and having a year off at my regular rate (then returning at my normal pay rate), I would take the year off every time.

I think I will always be an "eat the marshmallow now" kind of guy.

Comments

[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

Aww man! I'd take the former in a shot and I'm not even (I think) particularly materialistic. As much as I love the idea of more time off for my hobbies, I know from experience that total lack of work makes me depressed.

And I don't want to dwell on it, but I work in a boring law office and you work animals, i.e. dream job*

*I reaslise and have talked about the fact that those who don't do their "dream jobs" don't know what they practically entail.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

I like my job, but there's nothing better than a day off!

I could keep very busy doing lots of things that don't make money.

[frith]

Working at $100/hr and defering your taxes you could then afford to take the next three years off.

I'd be taking the next 5 months off but my supervisor says he doesn't have enough layed off temp workers available to let me go.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

I am not surprised to report, you are a "save the marshmallow now and have two later" kind of guy.

[lexica510.livejournal.com]

I think that's not quite comparable to the marshmallow test, because the payoffs are in quite different realms. If the offered alternatives were a year off now vs. two years off later, how would that affect your decision?

(Me, I'd take the time off over more money in a heartbeat.)

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

True. The actual choice, which made me think of the marshmallow test, was double pay today and work tomorrow versus regular pay today and tomorrow as a paid day off. No freaking contest--I'll take the paid day off any day.

(As it turned out, I didn't have that choice: I had to take the holiday pay and I'm at work now. Oh well.)