{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Vicky Gooden","provider_url":"http:\/\/www.vickygooden.com","author_name":"vickygooden","author_url":"http:\/\/www.vickygooden.com\/index.php\/author\/vickygooden\/","title":"The 3 month work break\u2026and taking my life back for a bit! - Vicky Gooden","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"TYZcs8wI3r\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vickygooden.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/10\/3-month-work-breakand-taking-life-back-bit\/\">The 3 month work break\u2026and taking my life back for a bit!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vickygooden.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/10\/3-month-work-breakand-taking-life-back-bit\/embed\/#?secret=TYZcs8wI3r\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The 3 month work break\u2026and taking my life back for a bit!&#8221; &#8212; Vicky Gooden\" data-secret=\"TYZcs8wI3r\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=http:\/\/www.vickygooden.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vickygooden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/sabbb.jpg?fit=2446%2C1074","thumbnail_width":2446,"thumbnail_height":1074,"description":"&nbsp; So i\u2019m just over one week in to 3 months of unpaid leave from my day job. First of all; eeeeeeeeeeeek! How lucky am I to: have a husband that didn&#8217;t balk at the idea when I mooted it over New Years Eve work at a company that supports your personal needs and desires as well as their bottom line have 3 MONTHS to myself It\u2019s almost unheard of right? Gross generalisation coming up but as a woman of a \u2018certain age\u2019, once you\u2019re in that corporate environment you can often face choices around \u2018leaning in\u2019 and working your way up (if so inclined) whilst also considering starting a family and juggling that (again, if so inclined). Before you know it you\u2019re on some sort of path that you perhaps haven&#8217;t really scrutinised or approved for yourself. And you might really enjoy the path, absolutely, but perhaps rarely have time or are maybe too nervous to question it and to simply come back to your self. How many of us can say that they accidentally ended up in the career they are currently in? I know I did. I knew I wanted to work in music hence my degree, [&hellip;]"}