# Your Job Won’t Remember You. Your Family Will.

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Published: 2026-07-15T13:49:46+00:00
Episode link: https://asiandadenergy.substack.com/p/your-job-wont-remember-you-your-family
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## Resource

Hello World! Last week, my family and I spent several wonderful days exploring New York’s Finger Lakes. There wasn’t anything particularly extraordinary about the trip. We went sightseeing. We ate good food. We laughed. We wandered around. We took far too many pictures that will probably never leave our phones. But somewhere in the middle of it all, while watching my kids run around and seeing everyone genuinely happy, I was reminded of something that I think many of us spend years forgetting. Time is our most valuable resource. Not money. Not status. Not promotions. Time. Once it’s gone, it is gone forever. There Will Always Be Another Meeting Modern life has a funny way of convincing us that everything is urgent. Another meeting. Another deadline. Another sprint. Another quarter. Another performance review. There is always one more project that absolutely must get finished. The problem is that while work can always generate another task, life doesn’t generate another childhood. Your son is only twelve once. Your daughter only wants to hold your hand for a surprisingly short number of years. Your parents only have so many healthy summers left. Those opportunities don’t get rescheduled. They simply disappear. The Lesson I Learned After Being Laid Off Getting laid off after twenty five years in the technology industry changed far more than my employment status. It changed how I value my time. For most of my career, I believed what many professionals believe. Work hard. Do a good job. Be dependable. Earn promotions. Climb the ladder. None of those things are inherently bad. Work gives us purpose. It pays our bills. It provides structure. It allows us to care for the people we love. But somewhere along the way, many of us quietly allow work to become the center of our ide…

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