Which choice would you prefer, a chance to work at a great paying job you enjoy, or the freedom to live your life as you choose? (Please read details)

No. I have strong convictions about not being enslaved to the societal machine.
I have always been about freedom and have managed quite well up until the economic downturn hit and dashed my Titantic against the Ice Berg. haha
Right now I am seeking new, creative work options and might have found something that will restore my freedom after the last 15 months of service in a job I hate.

If it’s a dream job would that not be what you want to do? If it invades your private life to the extent of dictating what you eat then is it a dream job? I know for my work I have to stay in reasonable shape, I can’t do any drugs including mary jane and while most people I work with are conservative I’m a centrist so I just don’t talk about politics much at work. I’m ok with all of that, it’s just part of the job and I get paid to do some cool stuff on occasion. There is no ideal job, that is a fairy tale.

The things you name either don’t apply to me or are things I would not probably give up, with the exception of what I eat maybe. If I could make a million dollars a year looking fabulous I might eat a little less and a little healthier.

I have worked in jobs that really strained me physically including having to wake up early, which for me is a lifestyle thing, and it really is awful. I don’t want to do that to any extreme ever again. I would only if I had to. Not to mention it was not for great paying jobs, but it doesn’t have to be great paying to have to do it. I need to pay my bills. I guess I would do it again to make a very high salary knowing I would quit after two years and save every penny I could.

I have neither. I just want to live in peace.

I can’t imagine calling anything a “dream job” if it required me to give up things that I enjoy doing.

My dream job requires no changing on my part.

I had a great paying job in the past. I had a nervous breakdown. I have a great paying job now, doing something most people would not want to do. I have entire freedom. Everytime I see the 7am bus into the city go past when I’m getting the paper I’m so glad I’m not on it.

I was motivated to ask this question because this issue may become much more of a factor in the near future then we realize. I knew a guy who gave up smoking cigarettes so he could work for a hospital.

In that case the job did him a favor. However, whether or not I end my night with a gin and tonic has no bearing on my ability to do my job. People that take 900 smoke breaks a day, however, actually cut into productivity.