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Go for the lifestyle. If it's possible to live comfortably on the lower income, I believe you'll find much more happiness in that position. Money is valuable, but enjoying your work, and seeing your children is priceless (to use the MasterCard cliche).
Speaking from personal experience, yes, it's nice to have a little extra spending money, but when you don't enjoy the job, you usually will spend evenings and weekends dreading work rather than enjoying the time off. On-the-job stress carries over into our daily lives on a grand scale.
Mr. T, I've always thought you very intelligent, and I don't see how you could bear doing semi-skilled labor. It sounds like much more fun to be out and about, meeting people, seeing things, etc. If you enjoy your job, that will affect your overall outlook dramatically, I think.
I've been offered other, higher-paying positions within the same company, but I've declined them, because I know the stress level would be miserable. A full-time worker spends nearly 1/4 of his time at work...you should be doing something you'll enjoy.
I think that's what you want to hear, and funnily enough, it's what I think you should do.
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