I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to pause our careers, especially for incredible reasons like welcoming a new life into the world or taking a moment to find our next passion.

It’s a journey filled with mixed emotions, 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘪𝘵?

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨?

I’m reaching out to my fellow HR professionals today—t𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬, 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦, or in 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳.

𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞.

This is not just another project.

It’s a call to arms for us to band together, to create opportunities that offer not just work, but meaning and financial freedom.

It’s for the new parents wondering about their professional future, for the career veterans contemplating their next big move, and for anyone who believes that a career break is not an end but a new beginning.

So, 𝘭𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵.

𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭.

Let’s make this period not just a gap in our CVs but a chapter where we redefine success on our own terms.

Together, we can build something that resonates with our deepest aspirations and supports us in carving paths that we didn’t think were possible.
I’m excited about the possibilities, and I hope you are too.

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𝘓𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦.