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The challenge I've found is finding the balance between professional ambition and personal hobby/passions. I've recently lost much of my professional ambition a
by Scalestein 6y ago
The challenge I've found is finding the balance between professional ambition and personal hobby/passions. I've recently lost much of my professional ambition and now feel a bit more of the competition aspect. I'm clocking out at 5pm and ignoring after hours requests and anything that would impeded on my personal time. However I know there are so many of my peers who are putting in that extra effort and when it comes to review time they'll be preferred over me.
It seem difficult to find a job where I'm not expected to be 'striving'. Where I can get in a position and just say "i'm good here" and simply maintain my position.
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- arbitrary_name 6y agogreat question - I'm in that position myself. Prior to covid, one of my hobbies really took over and became all I wanted to do. I scaled back my ambitions at work and basically have taken steps to put myself in 'auto-pilot' roles where I can meet/barely exceed expectations while focusing on my hobby. Now I have a ton of flexibility to pursue my passion (at least for now) while still getting great feedback from my leads. A key part of achieving that was 1) Being honest with myself about what I wanted and the sacrifices it entailed, such as slower promotion or salary growth 2) Showing my employer that I am committed to doing well and performing - but with an expectation that they respect my priorities and accommodate them. 3) Demonstrating that allowing me to prioritize my passions actually makes me better at my job - I am happy, relaxed and focused when I come to work - and that 35 hours a week of happy me is better than 45 hours of cranky, unsatisfied me.