There are many more nuances than those presented. This is a personal example, but there are many such cases: I used to do a job, academic research, that I love

There are many more nuances than those presented. This is a personal example, but there are many such cases: I used to do a job, academic research, that I loved, but it was poorly paid. I switched to a very lucrative job, which I don't hate, I don't love, but it is a job as it is understood when people say, "I have a job." But the money from "the job" allows me to have a much easier life in terms of money, with less stress that I don't want (paying rent, what if I have an emergency that requires dollars) and with room for the many passions I have. Guess what, I can also live without doing research; I did research on my own for a while, even published a couple of papers, which was both meritorious and useless at the same time, but I eventually devoted my creativity to other activities that are now more fulfilling than research.