Money or Happiness?

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I got a phone call the other day from a friend I used to work with. The department wants me to come back (my response at this point was HAHAHAHAHAHA...NO.) but as an Analyst and at almost twice my current salary. I worked for this company for a year before. It's boring and I dislike their Dilbert-ish corporate policies. But that's a lot of money. This would mean a longer commute, and this is a multi-national company that I would have no say in making changes in. Right now I am working at a place I love everything about, but it's a non-profit and I know they will never be able to afford those kind of wages. But... that's a lot of money. I want to have children in a couple of years and would it be better to take the job I won't like to save the money for kids?