In my 20s my career was going gang busters. Where many of my friends were still working out what they wanted to do and who they wanted to be I was making films, touring with my band, playing festivals, consulting on arts projects, presenting at conferences and generally obsessively following my very ambitious and passionate working nature. By my early 30s I had 2 small kids and 3 step kids and my career and creativity was limping along in last place compared to the role of motherhood.
Being a mum cost me a lot career wise and financially but it’s a price I consciously chose to pay. Today is my final time volunteering on the running carnival cake stall. As my youngest winds up his primary schooling, I’m winding up 15 years of being heavily involved in the early childhoods of my boys, their preschools and schools, volunteering and connecting to a vast and wonderful community of families I’ve met during this season of my life.
As a woman leaping into midlife with total abandon and excitement this is a bittersweet time in my mothering. I’m relishing the lasts and welcoming in the freedoms that come with the heartbreaking relief of being ditched by tween and teenage boys for their mates (in the wake of my mortifying uncoolness). I am finally able to consolidate my careers that I have chosen to date. One of them my role as a very committed mum.
This second career was the hardest by miles but one I’m so glad I chose to prioritise. Memories like this are just as important as memories of my cranking 20s career. And what I have learnt through this process is just as vital in informing the next chapter of how I contribute to the world through my coaching and consulting work.
No regrets on this life choice. No regrets at all.
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