Mine is work and life balance. At least in this stage of my life, I prefer work and life balance. That’s why I’ve accepted a lenient schedule, I leave early when it’s acceptable to, I know that my hard work ultimately is accounting for nothing except to make people who’re not me richer than I’ll ever be.
So it’s like I don’t even see the point in working hard when I know a lot of the time, things will continue to be more or less the same, day in and day out. My position could change if I had a different life and in a different field of work where it would matter. But as it is, I prefer being home more and doing things at my leisure. Especially when I don’t have the commitment of children and currently, a relationship although being in one would kind of be nice though I don’t think there’s anyone out there who’d accept someone into this lifestyle.
But being at home more opens doors for me to pursue anything I want and indulge hobbies whereas if I was continuously doing hard work all of the time, I won’t have even an hour towards them as it would’ve been spent sleeping it away.
What about you?
Agreed. I like my current job more than the previous one that I put 23 years into, but I have to remind myself to value my time more than I had been. I still put in a lot of hours when I’m knee deep into a project, but it’s almost always at my own leisure that I do so. It’s a crazy balance of respecting myself while also fighting off the imposter syndrome because the guys in my team are always really supportive because of my experience. It’s strange going from a job where I have to defend my actions and choices to a job where I’m inherently trusted.
But yes, if I could go back, I would tell my younger self that my job pays the bills but it’s not who I am. Leave the job behind me after hours while doing what I can to do a good job while on the clock.