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Hey Superwoman, Planning Your Next Chapter?
3 Career-Defining Struggles All Working Women Inevitably Face
“If I were a guy, I wouldn’t be writing this because I’d be out there playing and winning while my wife was doing the physical labor of expanding our family.”
Serena Williams says goodbye to tennis — and hello to her next chapter.
Earlier this week, Serena Williams announced her upcoming retirement from professional tennis. The Greatest of All Time (GOAT) wrote in a Vogue cover story that she is “evolving away” from her career as a professional athlete and embracing other parts of her life.
Motivated by the same considerations many working parents face, her almost 5-year-old daughter wants “to be a big sister,” and Williams wants to grow her family too.
“I never wanted to have to choose between tennis and a family. I don’t think it’s fair.”
Williams’s experiences as a working mother resonated with many of her fans. But what really hit home was how her work formed a large part of her identity — and the effort it takes to build a new one.
“I’m going to miss…
