Articles by me / Published ArticlesHow I’ve (Mostly) Made Peace with Giving up a Career to Raise Kids (The Quint) September 19, 2018 0 To say that her words came as a shock to me would be to put it mildly. Having given up my thriving career as an offering on the altar of motherhood, I had taken a sanctimonious view towards parenting. I believed that one had to give it their best and my best meant giving up being everything else I had ever been, to assume my role as a mother.This happy sacrifice briefly gave me a sense of moral superiority as a parent with an initial – “Look! My child matters so much to me that I have made a bonfire of my career and I am basking in the glow of its embers.”I did not realise then that this was a decision that was going to cost me monetarily in years to come, but it was the non-monetary cost that was going to hurt me more eventually.At the time, I was too consumed with maternal love to fathom these future setbacks.Read MoreFurther Reading... I got my Lake Como in Srinagar, but far prettier August 19, 2024 Parenting your parent on holiday November 9, 2024 A 200-year-old palace in Odisha is now a stunning lakefront boutique hotel September 5, 2024 Previous PostHow to Travel Like an IB Mum (Condé Nast Traveller) Next PostHow to Choose a Child-Friendly Holiday Destination (Condé Nast Traveller)
