My 25-year-old self wouldn't recognize this life. And I think that's the point.

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The author's career is not what she thought it would look like when she was younger. Courtesy of the author I spent decades building a marketing career, managing teams and budgets exceeding $1 million. After becoming a mom of three, I realized the corporate success I'd chased no longer fit my life. I started my own business, giving me the flexibility to support my kids and define success for myself. A Burger King commercial convinced 15-year-old me I needed to be in advertising. I was a Type-A, people-pleasing, rule-follower, doing everything to the highest standard, including planning a life and career I didn't think to question after a 30-second moment. My career would start at Leo Burnett . I'd work my way up, meet someone, get married at 27, and have kids a few years later. Life had other plans I landed in smaller organizations , doing a bit of everything. I worked my way up from marketing associate to director of marketing, where I managed teams and multiple brand budgets totaling