⏰ Opportunity Cost: Dating & Career
A really interesting encounter
👩⚖️ I met with a nice and successful woman in her 40s.
We met each other for the first time while attending class.
💌 While we were talking about our careers, we gradually shifted to our dating life.
Turns out she is single and wants to look for a boyfriend or husband to form a family and have kids.
☄ She said she focused too much on her career from her 20s to 40s because her boss looked after her and kept promoting her until she is a C level now.
She said she regretted working so hard from her 20s to 40s.
🌕 Constantly overworking even on the weekends so she can be promoted quickly.
I encouraged her to look at the positive sides.
🌛 If she slowed down in her career and set aside time for dating, she might not be as senior and successful as now.
She is financially stronger than her peers.
And everyone defines success differently.
☔ Instead of regretting, I encouraged her to focus on the present.
To spend more time on relationships and less time on work.
Even though it might be difficult for women to have kids in their 40s, I still encourage her to do her best and go after what she wants.
📚 This reminds me of opportunity cost.
We only have 24 hours every day.
✏ The more time you spend on your career, the more successful you will be in your job than other areas in your life such as family, relationship, friendship, health and hobby.
For women who want to have kids, they need to balance with career progression and when to have kids at an appropriate time because of biological reasons.
For men who spend too much time on their career, they take a longer time to adjust and find their identity again after they leave the corporate world in their late 50s.
Even though men and women face different sets of challenges, what is fair to both genders is the 24 hours.
📊 Life is all about allocating the 24 chips daily.
🗂 How you allocate your chips reflect your life values.
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