Going from a successful working life to being with her child every day has challenged Julie to expand her skillset.
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It’s humbling. It is humbling. It is absolutely humbling. Because, you know, you – in occupation, if it’s been very much part of an identity and you’re, you know, I’ve worked years and years and years to be successful in being an expert in a certain domain. And I am every day, every day with my child, I’m, like, problem solving a completely new behaviour, situation. What was true yesterday is not true today. So from a type A kind of person that I am that likes consistency, predictability, it has been completely, like, challenging for me. But in a good way, I will say. Like, I will reflect on that and I think it’s a good thing that it’s just forcing me to develop and expand my skillset in ways that I could never even imagined prior to becoming a mum.
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