It is no doubt that a professional career can open opportunities that can propel one’s life in an upward trajectory. After all, everyone needs to make a living somehow to, well, live. However, what roles do work and labor embody in regards to your personal responsibilities, social life, or even greater, when it comes to your overall ambitions and the balance in your life?

The workplace holds a different value for everyone. Depending on your generation, personality, and even season of life, how you approach your work-life balance and workplace relationships can vary. Although, unanimously, it seems we have all succumbed to putting life on the back-burner due to the demands of the 40-hour week at one point or another.

Because we spend so much time in our week to make a living, are we making the most of the opportunity to actually live a meaningful life once we are finally “off”? How would life look like if the hours you put in your work week were directed elsewhere? Let’s discuss.

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// PODCAST NOTES

• Workplace Socialization and Privacy – Are your workplace relationships shallow, and how do you approach individuals you work with? How much do you share with colleagues while still protecting your personal privacy?
• Work-Life Balance – The strive for stability for people to be able to be more present in the home setting with loved ones.
• Is there a “Dream” Lifestyle Available? – New opportunities in today’s society that present the “dream” lifestyle of not having traditional jobs of the past. Is there such a thing as a “dream” job, and when you have it, what does your lifestyle then consist of?
• Time is Money – Shifts in how one defines the workplace or the profession when metrics, such as time or finances, are involved.