The Right Order of Responsibility

From a young age, many of us are taught to be responsible at work.

But few people remind us that responsibility itself is also limited.

Our time, energy, and attention are finite.

If most of our sense of responsibility is given to a company,

there will be less left for ourselves and our families.

Industrial society often glorifies responsibility toward work,

yet rarely reminds us of our responsibility to ourselves and our loved ones.

When responsibility becomes unbalanced, people begin to exhaust themselves.

In my view, the healthier order should be simple:

First, be responsible for yourself.

Second, be responsible for your family.

And only then, for your work.

Only when this order is right

does responsibility stop becoming self-consumption.

很多人從小被教育要對工作有責任心。

但很少有人提醒我們，責任本身其實也是有限的。

一個人的時間、精力與注意力都是有限的。

如果一個人把大部分責任心都投入在公司，

那他留給自己與家人的責任心就會自然減少。

工業社會長期強調對工作的責任，

卻很少提醒人們對自己和家庭的責任。

當責任心失去平衡，人就容易開始過度消耗自己。

我認為真正健康的順序應該是：

先對自己負責，

再對家人負責，

最後才是對工作負責。

只有當這個順序是正確的，

責任才不會變成一種自我消耗。