A businesswoman who shared her thoughts about work-life balance has sparked a conversation after she explained she doesn’t believe in the concept as a whole.
Grace McCarrick, 35, lives in New York, where she founded a company teaching soft skills to corporate teams to shape company culture and overcome career obstacles.
McCarrick regularly posts her thoughts and ideas on working culture to her TikTok account, @graceforpersonalityhires, and recently tackled the subject of work-life balance.
“I grew up in a house with parents who didn’t delineate between work and life. Our focuses were on purpose, adding value and being challenged; all pretty natural for American first generation, which my dad is,” she explained to Newsweek.
“When I started work, I was much happier when I felt I was contributing, when I had demands on my time, when I felt like my brain was being used. As an adult, I think the idea that anything is a perfect 50/50 balance is laughable and a shortcut to feeling like you can’t do anything right.”
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