Originally Posted by Lateralus

My ultimate dream is to have a really nice work/life balance. It sounds stupid but in the profession I'm in it's kinda difficult. I'm not the kind of person who's going to say that my dream is to win the lottery and not work hard and relax and retire etc... because I still want to work, I like that my job makes a difference to people's lives and is of value in society, so I'll always want to contribute to our world in some way... but I just dream of it being less of a burden creeping into my personal life. I feel that my own personal life and my own family are important to me, yet I sacrifice time with them and for myself for work. My dream is to not sacrifice my own life for work, I guess. I don't want to be one of those parents who spend more time and effort with the children they teach than their own children.