The author left her job as an accountant when she had her son, and at 40 realized that she needed to go back to work for several reasons.
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- At 35 I left my job as an accountant to take care of my newborn.
- To flex my brain, I started freelancing as a writer taking very few assignments
- I'm now divorced and in my 40s and being a mom is not my only role in life.
Ringing in the Big 40 in 2019 triggered some weighty introspection. It wasn't reaching middle age that troubled me.