A breakup sent me back to my hometown at 36. A layoff made me stay.
After a challenging breakup, I moved back home to New Orleans. Six months later, I lost my job. I felt like a failure, but my hometown helped heal me.
I moved back to my hometown at 36.Lauren Paige WoulardLast year, I went through a difficult breakup, lost my job, and moved back home with my mom.At first, returning to the city I grew up in made me feel like a failure.
Surprisingly, reconnecting with the community healed me and inspired my next career move.At 36, I had everything I ever wanted.I was a senior communications leader at one of the world's biggest entertainment companies, earning a title and salary that I had worked my entire career to get.
Not only did I have my dream job, but also an amazing group of friends and family, a healthy relationship, and a passport that was getting stamped almost monthly.I felt like I was finally creating the life and family I always wished for. Until, suddenly, everything changed.
A breakup and a layoff forced me to reevaluate my lifeI was excited to live with my mom, but I still felt like a failure returning to the place I grew up in.Lauren Paige WoulardAfter returning home from a girls' trip, my partner of four years and I had a hard but necessary conversation, and ultimately decided to end our relationship.Although we had our ups and downs, we seemed to be working through things, and I never thought our struggles would ultimately end in a breakup.
Because we had been living together, I was forced to pack up my belongings at my partner's home in Florida and move to my mom's condo in my hometown of New Orleans — the best financial option and a way to be close to my family when I needed them most.Luckily, my job allowed me to work remotely as long as I visited the New York City office once a month, so moving states wouldn't be an issue.Plus, my mom and I are close, especially since I'm an only child, so I was excited to live with her again.
But part of me still felt like a failure returning to the city I grew up in.However, I looked forward to spending meaningful time with her — something I hadn't been able to do since moving to a different state.It felt nice slipping into our
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