Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It’s more important to spend more time working than being with family.
Controversies over whether to spend more time working or being with family seem to be eternal. Down through the ages, we heard philosophers mentioning us repeatedly that family is where our life start and end in, thus we belong to our families. On the other hand, medias nowadays vigorously propagate the experiences of successful people, which make us eager for a better career. Personally, I would rather lay more emphasis on spending my time working which means I support the statement.
On the one hand, it’s a common sense that without the money earned from work, time spent with family would be boring either. Hypothetically, an extreme example will be that I don’t have a job and hang out with family all day round. Then it’ll be ridiculous to play poker or even just sit and chat with my family constantly while simultaneously watching my neighbors enjoying a new DVD they’ve just rented. In contrary, spending more time working means a better salary and being more capable for creating diversities of entertainment for my family. Therefore, I’m inclined to claim that spending time working is more meaningful in that it enriches the family life to some extent.
On the other hand, a popular perspective alleges that people are now suffering great pressures at work, so why not just enjoy the leisure at your cozy house with your family? However, the truth is ironically opposite that pressures actually come from exactly from my family but not work. Every day in my life, I have to pay for countless bills consumed by my family, to worry about my parents’ health conditions, to make relationship with my wife harmonious and also to worry about how to further my child’s education. Apparently, these anxieties would be enlarged were I not working. At least when I’m working, the family finance runs adequately. So why not spend more time working thus helping lighten the pressures of family?
Furthermore, spending more time working keeps me competitive to challenges. In contrast, warmth and cares in family make me less sensitive to changes and chances in career. Nowadays, everybody including members in family has to endeavor a lot so as to keep up with the high rate life hence acceptable to spend less time with family. It’s not rare to see a certain prosperous families gradually degenerate since members of them get immersed at enjoying their family life rather than keeping competitive at work. These phenomena deserve contemplate.