Would you sacrifice family for career?
By taraelocin
@taraelocin (1138)
December 20, 2009 7:47am CST
In particular if you are starting out in your career you often have to spend many hours in the office and prove your worth. This can have a negative impact on your family.
Would you sacrifice your family for a few years to set up a successful career and be able to give them more in a few years?
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6 responses
@dodo19 (47317)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
22 Dec 09
To be honest, this is where it can get difficult, at least for some people. It's not always easy to balance both. However, I will admit that, although I do want both, I won't let my career get in the way of my family. My family is more important than anything else. If I have to make a choice between the two, I have to choose my family, without thinking twice about it.
@taraelocin (1138)
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22 Dec 09
If I would have to chose one, I agree with you. But hopefully I'll always find the right balance.
@mkings (289)
• Germany
20 Dec 09
I will not sacrifice by family for my career but I will sacrifice my career for my family since my family will alway be there to accept me in times of troulble and hardship but your career is not a person so it will be rarely there for you and to give you the happiness you need.
@taraelocin (1138)
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22 Dec 09
I always try to find a balance between both. Without my career I cannot give my family what I want to give them. Without family I couldn't enjoy the rewards of my career.
@cobradene (1171)
• India
20 Dec 09
Well, if I am passionate about it, yes then I would go ahead to achieve what I want to achieve. And if this achievement is going to give me recognition of a lifetime, then I would surely sacrifice my family for it. I would do it. But I would see to it that my family is not ignored totally. Maybe, it's only the sacrifice of time which is needed or to live far away for a while, but I won't sacrifice them forever.... Whatever you may have to do in life, but family always comes first.
@taraelocin (1138)
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22 Dec 09
It is all about compromise in some way or form. I don't think you can completely leave your family behind but sometimes you might have to cut the time you have with them down for the long-term goals.
@magic9 (980)
• China
20 Dec 09
For my family? I will. Because there are many job opportunities. If there seems not, you can even creat it. But family can never be replaced by anything no matter how important or rewarding the job is. Never sacrifice the time you spend with your family. Never sacrifice the joy you have with family because this can not be bought with money and we work for money mainly.
@taraelocin (1138)
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22 Dec 09
Time lost with your family is lost for good. But lost opportunities might not come back neither.
@taraelocin (1138)
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22 Dec 09
True, now is the best time to build your career. But don't forget enjoying life as well.
@nautilus33 (1827)
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20 Dec 09
Well, if it's not for a long time, I think I will, but if it's forever I will not. Because the family is the most important thing in my life!
@taraelocin (1138)
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22 Dec 09
I think it's a tough call. But I agree - for a limited time it might be worth it. As long as the family supports you.
