The black sheep in the business world

This is again a very personal blog post about how I feel working in the corporate world.

I have been working in the consulting industry for almost 4 years. I have wonderful colleagues, am involved in interesting projects and I love the diverse projects I’m working on. I get to know new people every day and have worked in different teams throughout the last years. Innovation and team spirit are very important within our company and I’m happy to be a part of it.

What I don’t like is that some people expect you to be a corporate business woman only. I am far more than that. I am a coach, I love doing sports, I have lots of hobbies and most importantly I am a wife and a daughter. I love my family and spending time with them is important to me. The same applies for my friends.

Therefore it is very important to me to have a work-life-balance that suits my needs. I need to spend a few hours in the evening every day with my husband because I love and miss him during the day. Knowing that I see him in the evening gives me energy and motivation. And before I had him I had the same feeling knowing I see my family/friends/Kung-Fu mates in the evening. This is my source of energy and motivation. I don’t know how other people motivate themselves but work only will never be able to be my only source of motivation. I am a loving person and this is a part of my I can’t and don’t want to neglect.

And this fact sometimes makes me feel like a black sheep, being in a world where many people seem to think about work only. Maybe they are also like me but don’t say it. But I can’t help being authentic and true about my feelings. This is me and I can’t and don’t want to pretend being being any other way.