I would take the job assuming advances your career.

Your future comp is loosely based on your current comp. Raises are generally based on a percentage of pay. Higher paying roles usually have more responsibilities, and more responsibilities lead to promotions, until you completely top out for your ability.

So let’s say you get an average raise of 4% per year.

After 10 years

• Job A ($42k) you will be making $56k and have cumulative wages of about $500k
• Job B ($60k) you will be making $80k and have cumulative wages of $700k

In real life it will probably be more exaggerated because if you take Job B and you’re good at it, you’ll be promoted faster than if you stay with Job A due to the responsibility snowball.

HOWEVER if both of these are just random jobs, not careers, then this doesn’t apply. Careers snowball, odd jobs don’t.

Join a masters team. Pick up solo athletic pursuits like weightlifting, skiing, running.

And for your own sake, adjust your caloric intake to the fact that you’re not training 6 hours/day anymore

There’s a ton of earth left. The problem is that it’s all inhospitable and difficult to access.

A large percentage of what history refers to as “exploring the world” is just Europeans traveling to places where humans already live. It was new to them, but not to humanity

Says someone that participates in social media - possibly the most widespread modern addiction