Whats important to you career or love?

Philippines
July 13, 2010 12:32am CST
Ive crossed this question lots of times. When I was more younger, Id choose love because they say it's hard to find love and when you find it. Dont let go. I was so naive. As I grew older, I realized that having a good career is far important that love. However, when I met the love of my life. I sacrificed my career for love. Now, I would say I am not as successful as before. How about you? Will you choose career over love or vice versa. What are your thoughts about it. Happy posting!
22 responses
@wrongbe (25)
13 Jul 10
i think the love are biggest than career, but i can't disapear career because of love. you need to combine the 2 things but it's not easy. i'm never been in that situation like yours. good day to you.
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• Philippines
14 Jul 10
Thanks for your comment wrongbe. Yes it aint easy to balance both. However in some families. The wife would stay at home to take care of their hubby and take care of the family. Happy mylotting!
• Philippines
13 Jul 10
there are two different things that most of us try to handle, its just about time management. but when i am younger, i thought that women have the right to pursue the career they want, but as i grow older, i realized that family is far more important, specially if you have kids. so as of now, I am trying to do as much as I could career wise so that when the time comes for me to settle down, it will be my new priority.
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@Dezzaan (80)
• Sweden
13 Jul 10
I am not sure what I would choose. But I think that you can balance both love and career and that's what I would want to do. If you have to choose I think your decision must be made for just that situation because it would different from other situations, maybe in one relationship you would choose love and in another relationship you would choose your career.
• Sweden
17 Jul 10
yes, I would like both too. As for now I am studying but still have a lot of time over for my love :)
• Philippines
13 Jul 10
It's hard to balance sometimes. Most especially if you need to take care of your hubby and be a great wife. I am new in town and I am still adjusting with the language and the behavior of the people. Findind a full time work here is kinda tough compared to the city I used to live. As of now, I am a full time lover and a part time office girl. hahaha. I wanna have both. =)
@common_man (1799)
• India
13 Jul 10
Hi friend, i will say in one's life both career and love are equally importance and a spending time in a balanced way between them is important for living and enjoying our life with joy and pleasure.
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@llbo1981 (1237)
• China
13 Jul 10
I think both of them are important to me.There is a saying in my country"First you should found a family,and then you can gain your career".This means that you get the love first and then get the career.Without love,the career is nothing.
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• India
13 Jul 10
Ideally these two should not conflict both are equally important , but still it depends on individual to take the call, And success is not about money or monetary gains everything boils down to how happy and contended you are which does not always depends on being rich .......
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@smiley83 (1534)
• Malaysia
17 Jul 10
I'm still studying..so, I would go for my study first..I have had been in love and I was even willing to transfer my credits to study abroad where my ex was but luckily he broken up the relation before i transferred my credits! so, for now I would go for the career and through which love would come later...
@cupcyke (363)
• Philippines
15 Jul 10
Will for me i will choose career first before love. Its because you should make money first. How can you be happy in your love without money involve? you cannot say your not successful its just because you dont have love. may be its not your time yet to find love. do not find love let love finds you.
@hamcenty (71)
• United States
14 Jul 10
I say they are both very important! I honestly feel that love should out weigh career, but as they say, "Love won't pay the bills." At the same time is you take your career over family or somebody you really love, you may find yourself alone. I think there should be a healthy balance and then everything would be great! It all depends on your priorities!
• Philippines
14 Jul 10
Yea true. It wont pay the bills. So if you were give the chance to choose only one. what would you choose? I was just wondering.
@p3ks626 (6538)
• Philippines
18 Jul 10
If i am still single then I am going to say, career is more important for me. Now that I am married, both things are important cause in married life, love should be maintained cause if it wont be maintained, then its not going yo be healthy. Career should be properly considered too. Priorities will change so is should also be one of the priorities.
@dian21 (606)
• Philippines
13 Jul 10
It really depends on what kind of love or relationship you are in. For me I would choose love first. If I am truly in love with that person, I am willing to give up the career first. If that love is worthy for my love, then I think I can still be successful in the future and he can suppport me in whatever endeavor or career path that I will take. I guess true love is harder to find than a career. There are lots of career opportunities out there if you are just persevering and hardworking, but true love will only come once.
• Philippines
13 Jul 10
That's very inspiring dian21 for saying that true love come once. I surely agree thats why I followed my heart and I gave up the career I used to have in the other city. I just hope I can find a better opportunity here in the new city.
@melmabb (579)
• Philippines
16 Jul 10
In my situation as a family man I choose LOve first, because when you have that LOve,then the desire for a better Career is there...You can have a Good career without sacrificing LOve,and you can do it at the same time....LOve is an inspiration too, to have a successful career...but when LOve is not a supporting LOve than career can also be un-successful...it all depends sometimes on situations...Thanks!
• Philippines
27 Jul 10
Yes, I agree. Love inspires you to do better in your chosen career. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
• Portugal
13 Jul 10
i would choose love for sure^^ but sorry that your career is not like before bcs you chose love over it but dont regret^^ for what is a career if we dont have love? to have money and feel alone? doesnt worth it. with love even if you dont have a good career you can take it^^ so you did the right choice^^ and i think everyone should do the same like you did bcs many loves end bcs they put work in front of it. so be proud of your choice^^
• Philippines
13 Jul 10
Yeah I think I made the right choice. No regrets. I guess without my significant other. I wouldnt be as happy as now. I just think of the future at times like if we have enough to support our needs and if one of us gets sick. Love is hard to find nowadays.
• India
26 Jul 10
Asper mt point of view, i would suggest every one to built up their career first then only think about love. when we were small we were not that much bothered about our career because we used to think that there are lots to go ahead.so ,we get into the puppy love.In fact it really hampers a lot in our studies too if we think it for now..yes, its true that we get true love hardly.But we should know how to balance the personal life and the professional life.. As per me , i wont ignore love neither my career, in fact career is the most important thing in life.. we should know how handle both so that nor i loose my love neither my career gets affected.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
14 Jul 10
There is more than one kind of career. If you want to have a family sometimes a career working out in the world has to take a backseat, but you have to look at being a wife or being a mother as a career in itself.
• Philippines
14 Jul 10
I think it depends on the person's personality and values. If someone thinks much of success and thinks he'll never be happy without it then I guess career would be the way to go. If you put your personal happiness first then you go for love.
• Philippines
14 Jul 10
I think it's possible to have both love and a career. And there's no right or wrong answer to this. It all depends on the situation and the person who's in it. But i do know it's possible to have both from my very own experience. You could try balancing the time you have for your career and the time for your relationship. Just try to make it work.. goodluck! :)
@sinaj292 (602)
• India
13 Jul 10
I think both career and love are co-related.... now a days love is present where there is good career..... According to me career is more important than love now ...... because now we need good career to get love from all side...... If we have a good career then the love automatically come.....
• China
13 Jul 10
I can not agree with you more . Because I am still in this same situation now . Though I know career is more important than love right now , I still choose my love . I sacrificed my career for my love now . But I donot regret the choice I made . Because we love each other , that is enough for us .
@Lunaxh (45)
• China
13 Jul 10
I think it depend on which makes you happier, true love or successful career. When we cannot gain the both, we should understand that enough is as good as a feast. For me, I choose love over career. I think those who can get true love are the happest person in the world.