If you had told me a few years ago that I’d be back in school in my 40s—older than my professor, surrounded by classmates half my age—pursuing a new career in Human Resources, all while raising kids and working full-time, I would have thought you were out of your mind. But here I am, doing exactly that.

It’s Monday mid-morning, and the coffee machine is working overtime already. Emails pile up faster than a toddler’s laundry, and the weight of “urgent” back-to-back meetings is already pressing down on you. Meanwhile, your team members are perfecting the art of looking busy while secretly Googling, “How to move to a remote island.”