A recent study by More magazine, conducted in partnership with the Polling Company/WomanTrend, surveyed 500 women (all with college or higher degrees), ages 35 to 60 and found that many women are feeling less ambitious these days. According to More, “When asked point-blank, 43% of women described themselves as less ambitious now than they were 10 years ago; only 15% reported feeling more ambitious.”

The study, as later reported on MSNBC’s Nightly News, also found that 38% said they didn’t want to deal with the politics, pressure and responsibility that goes with climbing the corporate ladder. Overall, women were willing to trade flexibility and more personal time for titles and pay.

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Given the age group of the women surveyed, we’re not surprised by the findings. Most people’s priorities change as they get older, and certainly women have a lot to juggle with balancing family life. But we know plenty of young career women with the ambition to not only go after the corner office, but to change the world while they’re doing it.

So we want to know — how ambitious do you feel you are? What are your priorities as you’re contemplating your career? Will you still try to “have it all” like many of our mothers did, or is balance more of priority for you?