Sorry for a bit of a self indulgent, self searching type of post. I wonder if anyone can relate.
All the important people in my life (DH, my parents, best friends) see me as ambitious / career driven. I worked incredibly hard at school, uni, financial services sector.
I am currently in a senior financial type job which I have somehow managed to get on a part time basis (4 days and some home working) which I am really grateful for. However, the role is quite frustrating (understatement) and I am looking for something else.
I have been offered a couple of roles that were exciting / new sector / promotion and have turned both down because I am worried about losing my good work life balance. If I am honest, the part of my life I love the most is the time at home with my DC, being engaged in their hobbies, outings together etc. On my non-working day I love doing the school run, and on the days that I work I rush home as soon as I can to do homework / bedtime etc.
But every time I consider not working / taking a low paid part time role, everyone around me expresses concern that it is not 'me', I would be bored etc. Which kind of leaves me stuck: I can't move to an exciting new role without it impacting my current work life balance, but the general feeling among peopl who know me is I shouldn't move to a better work life balance role or stop working either.
Of course there is financial stability to be considered - we would be fine with me earning less but I probably would feel a bit odd not being a main contributor to the household income. But that aside would I really be bored if I stopped focusing on my career?
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Has anyone successfully changed to being "not career driven anymore"?
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Minormiracle · 06/11/2019 11:47
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