Does anyone else feel like this? I had a career change in my thirties then spent ten years having babies (and also not having babies - several horrible losses really knocked me sideways a few years ago and definitely took my attention away from career/work). So I am about ten years into a job that for the most part I love and it has been ticking over during this time but at a fairly slow pace, partly because I have taken the main carer role while my DH has progressed his career and accelerated.
As I approach my fifties and the kids are a bit older, I feel more ambitious than ever - I have a real sense of time running out while also wanting to achieve so much more.
Does/did anyone else feel like this? I don't know why but it feels odd, a little out of step, as though many people my age have achieved their ambitions and are now chilling out a bit or something. I don't know whether I feel like this because 'older' women are often fairly invisible or even absent in many workplaces. I don't know, I also feel a bit embarrassed that I have not been more successful already.
I would be really interested to hear from other people in a similar (or indeed different!) place.