Wed 5 May 2004
Time is the Metric, not Money
Posted by Kym under General
My husband has a job interview in about 2 hours. It’s with a really big company with really excellent benefits. Really excellent. Like the best. The benefits are what makes the job (for me anyway). Not to mention, it’s working with FLASH which is like my husband’s “dream job”. He uses Flash to make all kinds of cool games with actionscript, javascript and such. He would love this job because he would be getting paid to do what he loved.
But the job is an HOUR commute one way. Not a big deal for some folks, but my hubby is traffic phobic. And his wife, that would be me, is phobic about never getting to see her hubby. I have no desire to spend the next ten years only seeing my husband between 6 and 7 am and then again from 8pm to 10. Life’s too short. Our family life is too important.
Many people measure success in terms of money. I no longer do that. To me, success is measured in terms of free time. I feel like hitting the motherlode in the job department would be if he found something completely with flextime that ENCOURAGED telecommuting whenever possible. One can dream right?
Anyway… I dont know if I should be hoping he gets this job or not. But since I know it will make him feel good… if you are the praying type, how bout sending some prayers, white light, affirmations or whatever is your thing… out to my hubby.
Thank you for your support.
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