Reply to Questions for People in Their 50s With Career Success and Family "Success" (success defined as deep satisfaction)

Forum Index » Jobs and Careers

Reply to "Questions for People in Their 50s With Career Success and Family "Success" (success defined as deep satisfaction)"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]I'm 44 and considering what I want my life to look like in 10 years. I have two kids now who are nearly 8 and 10, and a job with no growth potential but that has all the perks (high salary, work from home, reasonable hours).  I am ambitious and have an extremely strong resume, and am looking to change jobs and potentially make a big career change in the next year.

As I figure out what that career transition looks like, my career coach has asked what I want my life to look like in 10 years.  For those of you who have been deeply satisfied with your job and/or family life, I'd love to know:

1. What did you find rewarding about your job?  What have you enjoyed?
2. What do you wish you did differently?
3. What "mattered" to you at the end of the day, now in your mid 50s?  Are you happy you pursued career achievement?  Has the money made a meaningful difference?
4. How did you handle raising your family if you are happy with what you did?  What would you have done differently?

I  know these are broad questions that many will answer differently.  I am looking for themes in the answers, and especially welcome responses from people who can see a bit of themselves in the description of me above.  For what it's worth, I've been pretty happy with raising my kids to date, and (somewhat) unhappy with my career. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics