I spent last weekend in Montana for a friends wedding. I left perplexed by the vast difference in there live as opposed mine (Montana vs. Sothern Cal). For example, My friend pays the same for a 2 story condo, what I pay for a room. Cost of living is so minimal, that there is no need to find a “career job.” This enables people to become passionate and find fulfillment in jobs most of us would view parenthetically. The people I met were truly passionate about occupations like being a barista or waitress. I realized that its not necessarily what you do, but what your passionate about. I am not about to up and move to a small town. But I am envious of deconstructing occupations as defining self worth monetarily. And I hope that perhaps I can find a job that I can be passionate about without focusing on upward mobility.