Is Your Career Keeping You Single?

By Elizabeth Ndembei

Our lives revolve around figuring out how to get that job that you love or at least like, get paid well and above all get to spend time with those that we love. Juggling a career and a relationship is hard, at least that I know. Waking up early in the morning to beat that traffic on Waiyaki way or Mombasa road, working your life out for 8 hours and being half dead by the end of the day and having to endure the traffic once more before calling it a day, does this sound like you?.

You there thinking that all there is for you is to deal with the rejections, bad managers, interviews, job search, and even bad relationships, right? There is that and there is the theory of “work-life balance”. I feel it’s a bummer as one can get lost along the way and invest too much time in one aspect.

With Valentine drawing close, you can still create time for yourself or your loved ones while juggling work like a pro. I’m going to share common things we blame our career for as to why we single and how to about them.

Here are 3 reasons why we blame our careers for our single lives and the solutions

1.“I’m always singled out at work”

We all have been here at some point, that point when the boss asks who can take on some last minute meeting and everybody turns to look at you. Some managers and colleagues tend to assume that lack of a family equates to no commitments. It’s important to know how to handle such situations and value your other life goals.

It’s always important to put in the extra hours once in a while to enhance your skills and even maybe make that extra cash on overtime. Do not allow work to always overtake your other life goals. If asked to stay in late, you don’t have to always say “yes”. Politely let your boss know that you had prior arrangements and you would be glad to work late another time.

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