In January of 2022 I left my job at Everlane.

I didn’t leave for all of the reasons one typically leaves a job.

The company was great, it was truly authentic and totally aligned with my beliefs around sustainability. In fact, it was the best job I’ve had in my career. Who wouldn’t want to work with kind, smart, genuine people everyday while creating cool things, lead their own team and get paid respectfully for doing it?

One day I realized the road I was headed down wasn’t sustainable for my family, so I left the road. Being too tired and sometimes too stressed wasn’t helping me to set positive foundations to love and support my husband or future child. Having a work life balance is essential, but when you and your spouse both work high performance jobs, it doesn’t matter how much money you make, eventually something falls to the wayside. Most importantly, when you’re too tired or stressed honestly you’re not always emotionally available.