there is always a trade-off when you do any sort of work. Yes I agree itās a lifestyle choice. But if I was free to make a choice on my time Iād spend it with my daughter and family. But unfortunately, we donāt live in a utopia so I have to sell my time to make money, because they need feeding and educating and a nice place to live.
itās a good outlook to have, not to see yourself as a slave to time or having to go to work. But the reality is you do have to work and spend time at it.
Whatever you need to do to motivate yourself or reason around it, bang away.
Iāve never been happier than I am now that Iām out on my own.
edit Iām into consultancy btw so I donāt trade so Iām literally selling my time
Ive an āeach to their ownā attitude to this. Iāve seen different combinations in my mundane accountancy / banking working life to date.
Great ability along with significant ambition/drive. Average/shit ability but outstanding drive. Good ability but lack of ambition/drive and other combinations in between.
Other things come into play too in relation to career progression such as timing, ability to pretend to care, influence you have in organisation, soundness of people above you, confidence, strength of character, luck etc etc.
I guess itās natural enough to wonder if you could be doing better and that sometimes comes into focus when you see/hear about someone you would have had in the relatively thick category getting a big role or something.
That said, who knows? They may have been putting in an incredible slog and working all hours for a concerted period of time. I personally value my time on the INTERNET too much to be closing deals after midnight.
I had garden leave a few years ago. Kids were young so could not go away for too long. I had 3 months at home more or less. Was funny how your day collapses in on itself to 10am to 3pm and by 3pm you would not want to leave the house as get caught in traffic or it was too late to start something or other.
Nowadays if I got home at 3 I would see most of day left
Other thing I noticed was that being in work all day I do miss most of my kids growing up, miss lots and lots of small stuff. Intellectually I knew it but just did not grasp how much.
Itās a choice I make but now when the young lad asks for a bedtime story and I am wrecked I would always do it and when I am there I try my best to be interested in what they are telling me about.
But working long hours does come at a cost. Itās a choice we all make or donāt.
