高薪工作但把身心搞爛,該換工作嗎 - 職場
By Barb Cronin
at 2023-06-28T11:17
at 2023-06-28T11:17
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分享個故事,是我親戚的親戚,我都叫他表哥
年輕時很拼很認真,做了幾年水電學徒後自己出來開店
要知道做水電真的拼起來,也是可以沒日沒夜隨時on call
表哥也非常猛,工作一直接,收入自然也高,
加上他平常很節儉(可能也是沒時間花),所以三十多歲就存了近千萬
某次家族聚會,大家還開開心心去唱歌
隔天他去醫院檢查(因為那陣子身體容易疲累,被家人勸去)
肝癌末期,只剩幾個月。
我永遠記得去醫院見最後一面時,他還笑笑說「怎麼今天這麼多人來?」
我以為他應該不太會記得我(因為很少碰面),
想不到他還說「瑪那熊耶,我知道你有出書啊」
看到他身形變得那麼消瘦,氣色也疲倦,但還是強打精神跟大家打招呼
表嫂抱著他剛出生沒多久的小孩在床邊,表哥媽媽在旁邊也強忍歡笑
聽他跟老婆說,以後也要多帶小孩來給媽媽看,好好照顧他們
我當下眼淚真的都快掉下來了。
又過了一週,表哥走了。
他留下的資產夠孩子長大,但他卻再也看不到了。
這件事給我很大的震撼。我們燃燒生命在賺錢,為的是什麼?
給家人好的生活、給孩子足夠的資源,但我們很常忘了為自己也多想一下。
我覺得所謂人生,不是只為別人、家人而活,也得為自己而活
更何況,金錢真的是我們的伴侶、孩子最重視的東西嗎?
「多拼幾年,等存到_____就換工作/半退休」這個策略,
我認為是給年輕人用的(單身、未婚)。
當你有了家庭甚至孩子後,要知道的是,時間過去就沒了。
即使拼了五年後存到一千萬,之後靠被動收入換到比較輕鬆的工作
但很可惜,這五年的時間、失去的東西,你花再錢也無法重來
與家人相處的時光、與伴侶互動的日常,不要想著「之後再補」
不同年齡、時空所創造的回憶,是很難「相互彌補」的,因為它們就是不同的東西
錢可以再賺,但時間逝去喚不回。
我之前板上文章提到,太多人有個習慣心態:「先苦後甘」
誤以為只要先存到多少錢、爬到某個位子,從此一帆風順可以謳歌人生爽爽過
但通常的情況是:
1. 到了那個階段後,你會有新的煩惱(不同的年齡、環境而有不同課題)
2. 你可能需要還債(過往帶來的負面影響,例如夫妻感情、親子關係、健康狀況等)
3. 你未必能瀟灑轉身(就如板友說的,金錢牢籠)
捨不得放掉兩百、三百的年薪,無法割捨當下的職位
又出現「乾脆再拼___年,可以換更大的房子給家人住」
「如果再做個___年,這樣存款又可以增加___百萬欸」的想法而離不開
先苦後甘是一個很危險的思維,雖然上一輩總是如此告誡我們。
事實上人生沒有什麼先苦後甘,而是有苦有甘,需要苦中作樂善待自己、重視當下
錢可以再賺,真的。
祝你找到更適合自己的生活模式。
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