Tara talks about choosing between a job she loved and having enough money for herself and family.
Transcript
A year has passed and now I’m confronted with going to work and I loved my job. I loved my job. And it gave great joy. And I needed to admit to myself that I didn’t have enough energy full time and to take care of my family at the same time. And so, again I went back to the research books and doctors to say, like hey, can I give this a go. And that was resounding, no. It’s more like, sure if you want to, but I needed to make a choice between caring for myself the best I knew, and caring for my family, or going back to work. And so, I am now off work, I don’t work anymore. It’s been six years.
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