The Myth of Work-Life Balance
Years after quitting my last corporate job, I found myself working for the academe. And while the pay was substantially lower, it was a fulfilling work that gave me peace and purpose. It wasn't something I could call work-life balance, but it was meaningful work for me. However, late last year, I was given an opportunity to work remotely for a US company. It would utilize my real estate, project management, and industrial engineering background and provide a reasonable compensation. But it meant giving up my career of being a full time professor and doing full time graveyard consultation work. At first, the learning curve was okay. There were days when it would get stressful, but it was reasonable. And while the graveyard shift was a great sacrifice for me, what I earned was enough to allow me to dream of other investments while being able to provide for my mom as well. But come last month... I was back in the US, this time with my mom, to visit my sister and her family. Although I...