Women Are Not Opting Out. They Are Opting Up.
Let me be really clear about something. Women are not leaving the workforce because they don't want it bad enough. We are not giving up. We are not shrinking. We want it. We are hungry for it. We just refuse to want it on terms that don't work for our actual lives.
And there is a massive difference between those two things.
The rise of portfolio careers for ambitious women
Forbes recently published an article on the rise of portfolio careers for ambitious women and it stopped me in my tracks. Not because it was new information but because it finally put words to something so many of us have been living quietly for years. Women are leaving traditional employment, building businesses, freelancing, consulting, founding, creating. Not because ambition ran out. Because the structure ran out of room for them.
I know this firsthand. I was laid off two days before I had my first son. Two days. And in that moment I realized something that changed everything for me. A job was never the safe option. When I lost that job I lost 100% of my income overnight. Now when I lose a client I lose one revenue stream. One I can rebuild. That is not the same thing. Not even close.
My husband and I had conversations early on about what our family was actually going to look like. Two people gone 9-5 was never going to work for us. So I built something that could hold all of it. Just over half a decade later I have finished school, grown my agency, and had two babies. A traditional job would never have allowed that.
Women are driven, capable, and ambitious
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