To me your choice of education while you're young is similar - if you know you can hold your spiritual responsibilities down now and that an education will give you the latitude to move around in your job in the future, I think you can do it. On the other hand, not everyone wants or needs that latitude. To me, a job is just a job; it's just money. But I think we've all worked with someone who absolutely hated their job and it made every part of their life miserable.