I have loved most of my jobs over my 27 year professional career.
I love my family even more...by a large margin.
Team members at every organization I've worked with have heard me say, when asked to join them for drinks after work, "Hey, I like you guys and that sounds fun, but I like my family even more. Have a great time!"
> You shouldn't love your job.
Why not? I consider myself exceedingly fortunate and lucky to be in the tiny minority of people who has had the high privilege of really enjoying/loving the work I get to do.
> A job is what you do for money.
Yup! It can be more than that, but that's the baseline. What's wrong with really enjoying/loving that which you do to make money?
> Team members at every organization I've worked with have heard me say, when asked to join them for drinks after work, "Hey, I like you guys and that sounds fun, but I like my family even more. Have a great time!"
How are drinks with friends / corworkers related with loving your family?
Slightly off topic, but all this talk assumes the person has good relationship with their immediate family, and/or is having a successful romantic relationship. Something that I, as a fresh graduate single dude who's not on great terms with family, would argue is also a privileged position. You really shouldn't judge what people choose to enjoy in their lives without knowing their circumstances.
I love my family even more...by a large margin.
Team members at every organization I've worked with have heard me say, when asked to join them for drinks after work, "Hey, I like you guys and that sounds fun, but I like my family even more. Have a great time!"
> You shouldn't love your job.
Why not? I consider myself exceedingly fortunate and lucky to be in the tiny minority of people who has had the high privilege of really enjoying/loving the work I get to do.
> A job is what you do for money.
Yup! It can be more than that, but that's the baseline. What's wrong with really enjoying/loving that which you do to make money?