ambitious women
Women are in the midst of a revolutionary reckoning with our ambitions. We’re not resigning en masse—because who can afford to quit her job in this economy?!—but we are trying to figure out a new set of goals and guidance for our professional lives. Thanks to long-simmering inequality and stubborn sexism, clarified by the pain of the pandemic, our ... See more
Ann Friedman • What Comes After Ambition?
I don’t know one balanced woman. I know a lot of women who are two extra days in a week away from feeling balanced, or one professional housecleaning service away from feeling balanced, or one generous extension on the deadline away from feeling balanced, or three entire days of their children in someone else’s loving and competent care away from f
... See moreKatherine Morgan Schafler • The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control
Goodwill Hunting #10: cottagecore, girlboss culture, & the end of ambition
Danielle Vermeergoodwillhunt.substack.com
“It may sound New Age, but high-powered women want work that allows them to realize their full selves.” That’s precisely what I heard from six-figure women. Their pursuit of greater profit triggered a personal evolution. Some even referred to it as a spiritual quest of recapturing (or discovering) their dreams, living fuller lives.