I think I’m missing watching my children grow up due to my own ambitions in this crazy industry. I can’t seem to make myself slow down to enjoy them even though I know I’ll regret it in the end...

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It’s the saddest part of my job. I don’t know how to fix it.

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This industry seems to actively discourage being a parent (and mother especially). Most of the women I know who have kids wait until they're ~35, and at least an AD when they have the luxury of creating a more flexible work schedule. Even then, if you're ambitious, it's tough to have kids and stay on the fast track

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Take summer sabbaticals!

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I feel this so so much

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This is what makes me afraid to have kids in this industry. If I stay in advertising, I’m only having kids if I can be high up enough to have the power to take more time or at least pay for a caregiver to be with my kids when I can’t be there. But what happens if I get that high up and it’s just more time consuming and stressful and then I never have kids? Idk

Don’t be fooled, the higher up the less you’ll see your kid, if you want to stay high up...

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