is it worth it?
Saturday, February 28, 2009last thursday i attended a time management training. ironically, the training started 1 and a half hours late. but the good side is, we were assured by the trainer that we will still end on time and true enough we did.
anyway, we were asked by the trainer to think of four roles that we have on separate pieces of paper. and then she asked us to tear the role that we think we would give up first until there was only one piece of paper left. she then asked us if that was role that we were spending most of our time. there were attendees who realized that they were not spending time on that role that they considered was most important to them. but in my case, what was left was my role as a career woman and yes, i am really spending probably 80% of my time working.
it’s a good thing that i know what my priorities are. i am spending time on what i think is important to me right now and that is my career. then i realized that my career is my priority because that is what i need right now but that is not my priority in life. so that made me ask myself, is it worth it? am i missing out on other important things that would allow me to really live life fully?
defintely the answer is yes. i do enjoy working. but i don’t want to live just to work. my ultimate goal is to work intensively right now so that i can pursue the things that would really make me happy in the long run. there is that fear that i might be focusing too much on work that it becomes my life and my source of happiness. i don’t think people are made to be workers or just to earn money while they are alive. i don’t want to be just a career woman. i want to take on other roles that would make me embrace other things that life has to offer. the only question is when?
are we living to work or are we working to live? i often find myself asking. is it worth it? my mom and i had a conversation about this just yesterday. i told her i thought i wanted to be a career woman but something in me is telling otherwise. haaay!
Posted by emcee at March 1, 2009, 8:18 pm