“Is it normal to feel less ambitious after getting married? How do you balance career goals and family aspirations? #Ambition #CareerVsFamily #WorkLifeBalance”
Ambition and Relationship Dynamics
Have you experienced a shift in your professional ambitions after getting married?
Personal Growth and Priorities
How do you navigate the balance between career goals and family aspirations?
Community Insights and Support
Share your thoughts and experiences on this journey to help others facing similar dilemmas.
I think it’s a normal part of growing up. Part of maturing is coming to realise that you don’t have to keep chasing more more more to be happy. Some people don’t grow out of it, but they make a lot of sacrifices and a lot of them have regrets on their deathbed.
Nobody, when they’re dying, wishes they worked longer hours.
That’s just growing up. Your career won’t be there at your funeral. You’re realising some things, for you, are more important
You’ll still have that energy and passion it will just go elsewhere- as you sound like you want it to.
Maybe one day you’ll come back to that, when you’ve got kids that are older.
gonna quit your job in today market.. id be bummed if I was you too. you are only able bodied to work for so long save your damn money so your financially stable enough to have a child… hypothetically speaking. what happens to your family if your husband gets injured and can’t work for couple months.. you to stable enough to pay for everything and still support a baby/
youngsters need to think about these things..
imo toughen up kid world hasn’t even got you down yet your only 26 lol
AGE 71 HERE
actually you are still very ambitious, that drive Never goes away
Your just focusing it in another direction
I’m in the same boat (I don’t think kids are in the cards for us but I still have a family and friends worthy of my time and attention). I was ambitious as all get out and something in me changed (might be corporate burnout but it’s kinda working in my favor). I’m using vacation days, and I’ve always held myself to only working 40 hours a week (45 if I’m on a deadline) because I’m salary. I wanted management now I just want job security and to be left alone to get the job done lol. I’m working on two certifications but grad school is on pause indefinitely (tuition hike and I just can’t justify it anymore).
I’ve had my kids and now as they are getting older (not yet teens) I can feel my interest in my career starting to revive… however I can’t see it ever holding the same importance in my life it once had. You never know you may get the spark back for it one day