This year I’ve really tried hard to say yes to more events and push myself out of my comfort zone and I’ve had some real wins from it. First, I agreed to go an industry event and then to be the keynote speaker, which led to winning an award and 3 highly relevant job approaches - I turned the offers down but was able to negotiate a much improved work/life balance in my existing role, which has been transformative. Second I went to an alumni networking breakfast for my old school, agreed to help them track down contact details of people they didn’t have them for and now have an active group chat of 30 amazing women I mostly haven’t seen in 25 years, which is such a source of joy!