Episode notes
How much of your career, money, ambition and future have you quietly put on hold since becoming a mom?
Motherhood is expensive — and we're not talking about diapers, daycare or tuition.
Sometimes the cost is the promotion you didn't pursue.
The certification you let expire.
The business sitting in your Notes app.
The professional network you've stopped nurturing.
The money you stopped putting toward yourself.
Or the dream you keep promising you'll get back to “when the kids get older.”
This week on Motherhood Is a MF, Kei is talking about motherhood and career, working-mom ambition, financial independence, professional growth and why moms shouldn't automatically become the default sacrifice in their families.
Because “later” has a funny way of turning into years.
And while some dreams genuinely need to wait for a different season, delayed does not have to mean abandoned.
IN THIS EPISODE:
The hidden ways motherhood can affect your career and ambition • Putting your professional goals on hold after having kids • Why moms often become the default parent — and default sacrificer • Sharing responsibility with a spouse or co-parent • Protecting your savings and retirement • Keeping skills, certifications and professional relationships current • Planting seeds for a business or career move before you're ready to make the full leap • Updating your resume and LinkedIn before you desperately need them • Why your future self deserves a plan too.
YOUR CHALLENGE
Do one thing this week that your future self will thank you for.
Update the resume.
Reconnect with your network.
Take the class.
Research the certification.
Look at the job.
Start the business paperwork.
Save the money.
You don't have to build the entire future today.
Just plant something.
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