I Was A Career Girl In My Twenties. But Turning 30 Changed Everything
Modern women have been taught that a successful career should be the most important goal in life. Get a job, work hard, climb the corporate ladder, and you’ll be happy. But when women reach the age of thirty, many of them realize that mindset doesn’t square with reality.
Career is only part – and often a smaller part than most people think – of the emotional fulfillment equation. Consider this: despite all the advancements women have made in their careers and education over the last few decades, women are, on average, less happy now than they were in the 1970s. Why? Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that, according to Morgan Stanley Research, “single women will [soon] make up an estimated 45 percent of all prime working age women (aged 25 to 44) – the largest portion in history.”