Nurlin Mohd Salleh sometimes wonders what her life would have been like as a stay-at-home mum. As a young mother, she envisioned reaching a certain point in her career and taking a break from the corporate world to focus on family life.
“I also thought: Is that truly the best of what I could be as an individual? If I were a full-time mum, would I have been a grumpier mum who is always on her kids’ backs?” she muses. “Perhaps it’s better that I took up different roles and ambitions. Right now, I love the fact that I have these different parts of my life, that it’s not fully about work, that I’m fulfilled with work as well as
