<\/a><\/p>\nI lose patience with my boys and for the first time in my life I have trouble falling asleep.<\/p>\n
I feel guilty for not being with my family enough, and I have been fighting with my husband about everything. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThis is definitely not what I wanted from my life when my husband and I decided my career would take priority and he would stay home with our boys.<\/p>\n
So, I have been debating and thinking and planning.<\/p>\n
Could I reduce my workload at my job? \u00a0What would that mean? \u00a0Would it limit options for a promotion later? \u00a0What will my family do without that income?<\/p>\n
Last Sunday I received devastating news. \u00a0Two people that I work with have been diagnosed with cancer. Both of them are in their 40s – one has young children.<\/p>\n
With a family history of breast cancer I fear this could be my reality.<\/p>\n
For that reason and many others I am wondering if working so hard and for so many hours is worth it.<\/p>\n
Now I must decide what to do.<\/p>\n
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