I found myself working 5 different jobs in my 30s: father, husband, co-worker, son of aging parents and a friend to many important people in my life. Each comes with a set of expectations.
With limited time and mental energy, it gets harder to juggle between them all.
Numerous burn outs in the last few years.
We mustn’t forget the one more role we must play, the “self”. That’s why I had to take a career break and decide what’s important for me, define my expectations and decide what kind of impact I want to have on this world.
Your words resonated deeply. Good validation for my new path ;)
Grateful to hear this resonated with you! Finding that "Self" has been a process for me as well, especially after it felt like that part of me disappeared after having kids. I don't even know who I am anymore! But every day I am starting to get a little bit closer to finding myself again. Sending you support on your own self re-discovery journey!
This has been on the forefront of my mind this week. Loving my mom job but guilty feeling I’m not there for my daughter - or feeling like less of a kick-as engineer/project manager on those days when I’m off to be present with my daughter. It IS all about choice. And handling the ever internal monologue in our minds is what is noisiest I find. Thank you for sharing this ❤️
All while I’m trying to figure out the “new” me PP… I’m finding there are my non-negotiables and what can slip… and I’ll let things slip until someone is like “I need this!” And that is OK.
That post-partum period is a huge adjustment - you're figuring out how to do TWO jobs when up until then you only had to do one. So it's natural for it take some time to get into a rhythm and feel more confident with your choices. But you will get there! And writing down those non-negotiables can help.
I found myself working 5 different jobs in my 30s: father, husband, co-worker, son of aging parents and a friend to many important people in my life. Each comes with a set of expectations.
With limited time and mental energy, it gets harder to juggle between them all.
Numerous burn outs in the last few years.
We mustn’t forget the one more role we must play, the “self”. That’s why I had to take a career break and decide what’s important for me, define my expectations and decide what kind of impact I want to have on this world.
Your words resonated deeply. Good validation for my new path ;)
Thanks!
Grateful to hear this resonated with you! Finding that "Self" has been a process for me as well, especially after it felt like that part of me disappeared after having kids. I don't even know who I am anymore! But every day I am starting to get a little bit closer to finding myself again. Sending you support on your own self re-discovery journey!
This has been on the forefront of my mind this week. Loving my mom job but guilty feeling I’m not there for my daughter - or feeling like less of a kick-as engineer/project manager on those days when I’m off to be present with my daughter. It IS all about choice. And handling the ever internal monologue in our minds is what is noisiest I find. Thank you for sharing this ❤️
All while I’m trying to figure out the “new” me PP… I’m finding there are my non-negotiables and what can slip… and I’ll let things slip until someone is like “I need this!” And that is OK.
That post-partum period is a huge adjustment - you're figuring out how to do TWO jobs when up until then you only had to do one. So it's natural for it take some time to get into a rhythm and feel more confident with your choices. But you will get there! And writing down those non-negotiables can help.
This really resonated. Thank you ❤️
This post resonated with me on a whole new level. My husband and I keep joking that "you can't win in your 30s"
Deep in this stage now!