Returning After Three Years Away
Three years out of the workforce for caregiving, uncertain how to reenter at a comparable level.
BEFORE
Three years out of the workforce for caregiving, uncertain how to reenter at a comparable level.
QUESTION
Do I go back to exactly what I did before, or use this as a genuine reset?
EXPERIMENT
Took on one freelance project in the old field to test whether the skills still fit and still felt good.
DISCOVERY
The technical skills came back quickly; the appetite for the old pace of work had genuinely changed.
DECISION
Returned to the same field but in a role with explicitly slower pace and more autonomy.
NEXT
A gap is a chance to ask if you want to return to the same thing, not just whether you still can.
THE USEFUL PART
A gap is a chance to ask if you want to return to the same thing, not just whether you still can.