Hayley: A Life That's Bigger Than the Job
“Work is important, but it's not our entire life. I love working for a company that allows me to pursue personal projects alongside my day-to-day work.”
Hayley leads a business resource hub from Brighton, and has quietly built a career that leaves room for the rest of her life. She talks about the compromises she's stopped making, the culture that lets her do it, and why "balance" is a decision you have to keep making.
Permission to Have a Life
Hayley describes the shift when a workplace stops treating personal projects as a distraction and starts treating them as part of who you are.
Building the Hub
The resource hub itself is a labour of care—part library, part sounding board, part safety net for the businesses it supports.
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