<prompt> Human: For my job I am being given the option to either work for only 6 months of the year for 71k or 8 months for 97k. However, work means living on a boat for a month at a time with 12 hour daily shifts without the liberty of getting off the boat. There is plenty of promise and oportunites for being promoted.I am 22 years old with no home of my own. I also owe 25k in student debt which I have been diligent with paying off within 2 years.This is my first real reddit post and I am just looking for some honest feedback. Im sure there is plenty of information here that is missing so if any clarification is needed please let me know.Edit: My work rotation is causing some confusion. It is as follows:Work 28 days straight and get 28 days off 6 months of the year totalOrWork 28 days straight and get 14 days off 8 months of the year totalEdit 2: Thank you everyone for the feedback. I understand this was not the best of posts and I could have made stuff a lot more clear. I look forward to returning and figuring out what to do with this money that I cant spend on a boat.Thanks again :Assistant: Given that you spend 28 days away working regardless, its not like your work life is any different depending on which you choose. Obviously thats an unusual situation which is probably why you got so many confused responses. That and your vague, dramatic title. Personally, I would take the 2-week breaks and the extra money, and then re-evaluate after a year: can you deal with 2-week breaks, or do you need more time to recover before going back?Human: All good points. Yeah I realize I probably phrased this a little inappropriately for this sub.The reasoning behind the title was that sometimes I feel like Im being paid to go to nice prison. And I am simply sacrificing a good portion of my life for a paycheck.My situation is pretty unique and I really would like a lot more advice from this sub in the close future considering that I am young, zero overhead excluding student loans and paychecks I do not know what to do with besides paying off student loans.So I will most likely come back, but with a more focused question. Like how to invest when I dont even have access to land let alone quality internet.  <response>: Like how to invest when I dont even have access to land let alone quality internet.That plays in your favour, actually. This sub generally preaches index investing; invest in the entire market, set it, forget it. You have plenty of time on the boat to read investing books. Paying too much attention to the markets day to day movements is actively harmful. You can put your money in the market during your off time and then not think about it while youre working. You might be worried about a downturn while youre out at sea but the proper response is always to just ride it out. Youll usually lose money by selling in a downturn; you should buy low and sell high, not buy high and sell low. 