I can think of five close friends who have either quit their jobs or gone part-time in the past two years – and only one of them has children.
For years, the only reason women would take a step back from their career was to raise a family, but my friends are getting off the treadmill before then.
A new book called 30-Something And Over It - What Happens When You Wake Up One Morning And Don’t Want To Go To Work. . . Ever Again sums up the mood.