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Originally Posted by The Fisher Account
Anybody else get to their late 30's/early 40's with an idea that they were just going to keep hopping up the corporate ladder as they get older, only to realize that the demands/politics/life balance trade off just isn't worth it with small kids?
Not exactly where I would want to be financially at this point in my life, but understand I'll never get these years back with my kids.
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This is kind of where I'm at.
I had a shot at a more senior role and really didn't put my all into making it happen and it passed me by. Then I watch the expectations of that role - travelling 2 weeks out of every month, working more weekends that I could fathom, and it would've been too much. I wouldn't do it with my current 2.5 year old and a 5 month old.
I keep thinking to myself when I'll restart the hustle, and thoughts of whether this is the best I can do start to creep in and is very demoralizing.
Now don't get me wrong, our family is extremely comfortable so really the choices are not going to be life changing either way, but thinking about it creeps in to my day to day all the time.