Motherhood and career ambition are often treated like two vehicles trying to occupy the same frame rack, and Chasidy Rae Sisk is not here to pretend the industry has figured out how to make that collision pretty. In this deeply personal editor’s note, she reflects on finally stepping into the writing career she had always wanted, only to have life reroute the entire map with pregnancy, caregiving, financial strain, impossible expectations, and the quiet professional penalties mothers are expected to absorb without complaint. This piece does not romanticize burnout or wrap motherhood in soft-focus inspirational nonsense. Instead, it names the… Read More
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By: Chasidy Rae Sisk
I used to think the biggest disruption in my life would be landing my dream job. Cute, right? I’d like to formally apologize to that naive version of myself who should have known better; life has never been interested in my expectations!
Rewind to 2007: I was a freshly-minted college grad, fully convinced The New York Times had a full-time, highly-paid writing job with my name already printed on the offer letter. HA! Instead, the universe handed me 17 years of “not quite yet” with a parallel career in a completely different industry and a steady side hustle in writing that kept my dream alive just enough to keep me both hopeful and mildly delusional.
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