The Power Pause: How to Plan a Career Break After Kids—and Come Back Stronger Than Ever

by Neha Ruch

Feinstein Gerstley calls “frugal joys”—free or inexpensive things that make you happy, like taking a bath or watching a guilty-pleasure show.

Success isn’t doing everything or winning at domestic labor. Success means focusing on the areas of greatest value to me as an individual.

you are evolving into the person you want to be.

objective: I want to be present through each day with my family and be the calmest and most content version of myself that I can be.

Goal and focus

WOOP goals (Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, and Plan),

Try this for present, content and calm

“What do I want in life?” Then ask yourself why you want that. For each response, ask why again—three times in a row. “For

Ask why x3