Ilana Wilesのインスタグラム(mommyshorts) - 3月12日 23時27分

When I started working for myself nine years ago, I had one baby girl. It was not a risk at the time. I had been laid off from my corporate job in advertising, shortly after I returned from my maternity leave. I had worked only on traditional advertising (print and TV) throughout my 15 year career at the same company, and worried it would be hard for me to find a new job as the advertising landscape shifted to digital. I started my blog so that I could create my own digital experience, with the goal of eventually landing a better advertising job. I freelanced during the day and worked on my blog at night. For years, I would go to interviews and in addition to showing my portfolio, I would talk about my blog because I thought it was important. Nobody wanted to listen to me. My headhunter even called me to say— “you have to stop talking about your mommy blog. Nobody cares.” I guess the ad world didn’t quite see what I did. What many of us “mommy bloggers” did. Did you know that @scarymommy and @babysideburns both used to work in advertising too? By the time ad agencies understood what I had built and wanted to hire me full-time, I no longer needed them. I told Mazzy this story the other night as an example of how our biggest failures can become our greatest opportunities. When I tell people about my lay-off, they usually give me a look of pity or sympathy. But then they realize that’s the beginning of my story, not the end. It’s probably the thing I am most proud of. That a corporation believed that I had lost my value when I became a mother and I proved the opposite.

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ringosgirl 🙌🙌🙌🙌 Amen amen amen!!! Thank you for sharing this! Such truth...isn’t it funny how these moments are the start of the biggest and best things? I live with a rare disease and ppl always give me the same look of sympathy when I share about it and when it “hit” my life...sure it’s not fun, and some days are really hard...but it has made me who I am today- it is THE inciting incident that led me down a very different path...to becoming a freelance artist. Our stories didn’t end in tragedy, the roads just forced us to take a different turn, and I am so glad they did.

misspriyapr Such an inspiring journey!! I still work in the advertising & entertainment industry but I deliberately chose to run my agency from home, so I could be hands-on in raising my three children (ages 11.5 months to 7 years old. Thankfully, my clients are very understanding and supportive of my set-up! Congrats on all the success and never backing down from what you believe 👏🌟

mellynn08 So true!! I was laid off from advertising before having my first child, more than 8 years ago. Although I haven’t “worked” since, I’ve worked!! Moms get sh*t done, we know this. Whatever I go back to, I’m bringing everything to the table. The balancing and multitasking skills you learn as a mother, are unmatched.

diannedaugelli Thank you for sharing your story💜. I got laid off both times I had a child upon return from maternity leave. Always having to brush myself off & move on. Women are so much stronger & resilient than we’re given credit for. You have to wonder how it would roll if the tables were turned. ‘Power to you!

anya_artfitphotography This is so inspiring. Thank you for sharing... im 7 month pregnant and afraid i will have a hard time being me, building my career. It must be silly, but my excitement for thr baby so mixed with fear of not being fulfilled in career.... Thank you for sharing your success story.

tinalorenzini I want to love this a hundred times. It’s so important to teach our daughters (and sons) that they can create their own path, their own jobs. And most importantly, that the biggest successes can come from what may have felt like a failure. You rock!!

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