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I travelled weekly for years and did not miss important milestones like weddings. This sounds like you need to set better boundaries ASAP because yes, you will look back and regret this
Chief
After traveling regularly for over 20 years, trust me, you will look back and regret.
Most likely, but don’t beat yourself up over it. Going forward, make sure you’re taking time to enjoy life and celebrate important milestones with friends and family. Nobody lies on their death bed wishing they had worked more.
No regrets. But how do you miss a wedding on a weekend? Something more than standard travel going on.
I've missed important weekend events for ERP implementations. You often work at the client site over the weekend when preparing to go live with a new system or when supporting a client who recently went live. It’s expected to an extent, but it’s one of the more frustrating parts of the job. If you work on one project at a time, this may happen less than once a year. You could lose a handful of weekends at a client site per year if you work on multiple projects simultaneously, like I do.
Tough answer: no, your career would have still built without missing them. There will be lingering regret but as someone else said, no point in dwelling in the past now. Learn from it, clearly you already feel some pain from it. Moving forward, do what you know is right for your long-term soul and heart health, not just your wallet health (though important, it’s not more important than your relationships. Period). Tomorrow your loved ones may pass or you may be too sick to travel for yourself, not work (a reality that becomes more real as you get older…), don’t wait.
Don't beat yourself up. You can't fill their cup if yours is empty.
Yes you’ll regret it