How a Mom in Tech Redefined Success

Yeah.

I want to like add on to that a little bit too, of that like dynamic and like the being okay with change.

Like for one, I love change.

Like I know that's a weird thing.

quirk about me like my whole family is creatures of habit and then there's me who's like change fun spontaneous like that's who I am so like I'm always like I've always accepted change so I think that that's been really helpful but I also think I learned a lot about this and I know you all talk about this a lot on the podcast and it was like a big unlock for me to accept my life in seasons And yeah, like Aaron Balsa taught me that.

But I have thought about my life and seasons a lot over these last five years.

Like this season for me, because my kids have a bigger age gap, I've like expanded the time where my kids are young a little bit.

And I have to be

and understand that I'm in this like flexible time in my life.

where i might not have that vp of marketing or like high job that you know 22 year old ally was working towards and that's okay because it's this is the season for me where i want to be in a role where i really like the people i'm working with that i like the challenge we're solving that they understand that i'm a mom and i have other dynamics to me like that's key and So, and I would say for, like, knowing change, like, back to your question, like, when it's a time, I don't know that I've, like, always been great about, like, 100% knowing.

I've sat in some situations a little longer than I should have.

But I would say because of that...

Haven't we all? Especially that job I was talking about a little earlier where it was like everybody was working 70 hours a week.

There were a lot of signs there that I just kind of ignored.

That was the job that was going to lead me to CMO.

That was the job that was going to be big and flashy and get me where I wanted to go.

And so I just kept sitting through it.

And I think the waiting for the inevitable made it worse.

Like, And so now I've just learned to kind of like, I know the signs and I've gotten better about like how I react to the signs too, I would say.

Just like, it's okay.

You know, like, like you can, you've been here before.

You've seen what happens next.

Like, just accept that.

Just do this gracefully.

Just leave on a good note, you know? So I've been trying to like kind of perfect in that way too.

Yeah.

I want to like add on to that a little bit too, of that like dynamic and like the being okay with change.

Like for one, I love change.

Like I know that's a weird thing.

quirk about me like my whole family is creatures of habit and then there's me who's like change fun spontaneous like that's who I am so like I'm always like I've always accepted change so I think that that's been really helpful but I also think I learned a lot about this and I know you all talk about this a lot on the podcast and it was like a big unlock for me to accept my life in seasons And yeah, like Aaron Balsa taught me that.

But I have thought about my life and seasons a lot over these last five years.

Like this season for me, because my kids have a bigger age gap, I've like expanded the time where my kids are young a little bit.

And I have to be

and understand that I'm in this like flexible time in my life.

where i might not have that vp of marketing or like high job that you know 22 year old ally was working towards and that's okay because it's this is the season for me where i want to be in a role where i really like the people i'm working with that i like the challenge we're solving that they understand that i'm a mom and i have other dynamics to me like that's key and So, and I would say for, like, knowing change, like, back to your question, like, when it's a time, I don't know that I've, like, always been great about, like, 100% knowing.

I've sat in some situations a little longer than I should have.

But I would say because of that...

Haven't we all? Especially that job I was talking about a little earlier where it was like everybody was working 70 hours a week.

There were a lot of signs there that I just kind of ignored.

That was the job that was going to lead me to CMO.

That was the job that was going to be big and flashy and get me where I wanted to go.

And so I just kept sitting through it.

And I think the waiting for the inevitable made it worse.

Like, And so now I've just learned to kind of like, I know the signs and I've gotten better about like how I react to the signs too, I would say.

Just like, it's okay.

You know, like, like you can, you've been here before.

You've seen what happens next.

Like, just accept that.

Just do this gracefully.

Just leave on a good note, you know? So I've been trying to like kind of perfect in that way too.