Re: Is it worth it ?
What about the situation when parents and spouse are fully convinced more than you and themselves want you to prefer career because they think it would help the whole family in the long run.
When I used to work on field in Pak (2003), I once asked our new project director the reason behind leaving a very highly paid job in USA for a very ordinary job in Pak.
He replied, " One of my colleagues was earning alot of money in USA. He loved his parents so much that his motivation of working day and night was to one day build a big house in Pak and live there along with his parents whom he wanted to make proud.
His parents suddenly started to call alot and insist him to return to Pakistan as they wanted to see him once, But he convinced them that only one year is left after which he would live happily forever with his parents when he returns to Pak, as he would bring along with him alot of money.
Unfortunately both his mother and father died in an accident.
The sight of his crying, and the way he was crying, was enough for me to immediately leave my job and everything to return to PAk and serve my parents with ordinary income"