Re:What happens when your career becomes your whole identity
by 0kl on Saturday December 28, 2019 @05:22PM
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I don’t know if this is fair to say. The trope exists, certainly, but I don’t know if we can pass judgement on a way someone has chosen to live their life just because it would not fulfill us.
It’s absolutely true that many people regret prioritizing their career later, but there are also quite a few people regret not investing in their career as well.
My takeaway watching many people regret, and having regrets my own - or as you put it, my “debt coming due,” is that it is up to each of us to do our best to predict what our future selves will want. That’s all there is to it, and it’s unproductive to say “careers are bad,” or, alternatively, “focusing on family is bad,” or any variation of the above.
It’s absolutely true that many people regret prioritizing their career later, but there are also quite a few people regret not investing in their career as well.
My takeaway watching many people regret, and having regrets my own - or as you put it, my “debt coming due,” is that it is up to each of us to do our best to predict what our future selves will want. That’s all there is to it, and it’s unproductive to say “careers are bad,” or, alternatively, “focusing on family is bad,” or any variation of the above.