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My career isn’t broken just because I’m on a career break

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    • The writer says she is taking some time off to spend with her kids, but this doesn’t devalue her past achievements, or change the fact that she is ambitious and driven, and has the desire and potential to push for great things professionally.
    • The writer says she is taking some time off to spend with her kids, but this doesn’t devalue her past achievements, or change the fact that she is ambitious and driven, and has the desire and potential to push for great things professionally. PHOTO: UNSPLASH

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    Sophie Jokelson

    Published Sun, Oct 1, 2023 · 05:17 PM

    IT HAS been a year since I went on my second maternity leave, and six months since I decided to extend that leave into a “career break”.

    It’s been a wonderful time for me and my family, and has allowed me to embrace my role as a mother to my two children, now aged one and three. What I didn’t expect was how much I would gain from it, too.

    As a workaholic, taking a pause isn’t an easy thing to do

    As a self-confessed workaholic, with 12 years of experience under my belt, taking time out from my career was not something I expected to do.

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