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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meaning if you went into a low paying profession (without a trust fund or highly paid spouse), why did you do it? Was it bc you loved it so much that you couldn't see yourself doing anything else? Or did you not fully grasp at 23 how it would be to live on that income? Would you make the same choice again? I'm just curious.[/quote]

Not quite like the examples, but I gave up a big law career to start my own business.  So, unlike the examples you give, the new position had upside income potential (though there was certainly a potential for abject failure).

I did it for autonomy--I decided that life was too short to live under someone else's thumb.  I now make my own business and personal decisions and am not answerable to anyone except my customers and my conscience.

I have no regrets whatsoever.  There were certainly hard/scary moments financially and professionally, particularly in the early days, but I had the advantage of knowing that I could fall back on a legal career if necessary.

All that said, I probably would NOT have committed to a profession without upside income potential down the road unless (a) it had huge quality of life perks, and (b) I could live in a low-COL area.  [/quote]

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