It Always Seems Impossible until its Done

(Pre-post news: I was selected for the job!)

The subject-line is a quote by Mandela, and reflects some thoughts I have had over the past days. I realized that this mid-30s time is a time of big choices for women. Many are currently deciding whether to have children, and leave "freedom" and a "safe career". I know that many women are terrified of this decision, as it is life-transforming (just for the better, says someone with three kids). Many women have had a first or even second child, have returned to work, and face the same decision about whether to have a second or third child. But there are also women like me, who have one, two or three children already, and have to decide whether to jump back into the career world (properly). It all seems daunting, scary, perhaps impossible. Until its done. (And here I have an easier choice to make, because unlike the choice to have children, I can just quit a job any time if it feels impossible after all). My advice, also to myself: think less, just do it. We all muddlemthrough somehow.