Found your substack after you posted about Suzanne! This resonated so much. I just left a startup after 4 years and realized I need a lot of time for my two toddlers but find myself looking around trying to find the other moms trying to build a part time career. There are so few helpful models. It seems daunting to productize myself (love that post!) but feels like the only way to split my time in the way I need and that works for my family. I’m happier being home more , and so eager to figure out how to be a fractional professional.
So glad you enjoyed and found it helpful <3 Hardest part about being fractional for me is no longer having a professional built-in support system of coworkers - and so I am working on making an online community to do just that!
Saw a lot of my choices mirrored in your trajectory. I opted out 23 years ago (just before getting pregnant with my first) and have never regretted it. Learning to arbitrage the work title and kudos for other bennies is a mental trick that might be a good add to your list of things to consider. For those of us that are “driver drivers” letting go the A+ 5 star performance reviews and systematic measure of success like promotions can be hard (but totally worth it). Look forward to keeping up with your blog!
Thank you, Betsy! Good mention on the tradeoffs to be considered - letting go of the constantly changing goal posts of success / "making it" feels very freeing, but may not be for everyone ;)
Thank you - I so relate to this. After 20+ years in marketing in the tech sector myself, I've experienced that so often ... the "we want you to give everything" but "we'll lay you off in a second." I look forward to hearing more about your journey to fractional work.
Thank you! A big part of this for me was a shift in my mentality towards work as transactional, which I was able to embrace by becoming a fractional! In a future post I hope to share communities and resources I find valuable for creating a different ecosystem surrounding work <3
Found your substack after you posted about Suzanne! This resonated so much. I just left a startup after 4 years and realized I need a lot of time for my two toddlers but find myself looking around trying to find the other moms trying to build a part time career. There are so few helpful models. It seems daunting to productize myself (love that post!) but feels like the only way to split my time in the way I need and that works for my family. I’m happier being home more , and so eager to figure out how to be a fractional professional.
So glad you enjoyed and found it helpful <3 Hardest part about being fractional for me is no longer having a professional built-in support system of coworkers - and so I am working on making an online community to do just that!
Saw a lot of my choices mirrored in your trajectory. I opted out 23 years ago (just before getting pregnant with my first) and have never regretted it. Learning to arbitrage the work title and kudos for other bennies is a mental trick that might be a good add to your list of things to consider. For those of us that are “driver drivers” letting go the A+ 5 star performance reviews and systematic measure of success like promotions can be hard (but totally worth it). Look forward to keeping up with your blog!
Thank you, Betsy! Good mention on the tradeoffs to be considered - letting go of the constantly changing goal posts of success / "making it" feels very freeing, but may not be for everyone ;)
Thank you - I so relate to this. After 20+ years in marketing in the tech sector myself, I've experienced that so often ... the "we want you to give everything" but "we'll lay you off in a second." I look forward to hearing more about your journey to fractional work.
Thank you! A big part of this for me was a shift in my mentality towards work as transactional, which I was able to embrace by becoming a fractional! In a future post I hope to share communities and resources I find valuable for creating a different ecosystem surrounding work <3