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"I wake in the middle of the night when my daughter wakes up.Thankfully, I usually manage to settle her fairly easily and get another few hours before the alarm goes off."
That's how Irish journalist and entrepreneur Anne-Marie Tomchak wakes up to start her day, and it's a routine that's changed since she became a mother, she tells the Irish Times.
"Before becoming a mother, I had a very specific routine that involved an exercise class before sunrise, a commute, and an editorial meeting," she says.
"Now, my routine revolves around my toddler and my business."
Tomchak, who has worked at Vogue, Mashable, and the BBC, says the biggest risk she's taken in her career is moving away from full-time journalism in order to build her own business, but she's glad she did.
"I've always been someone who has wanted to keep growing and evolving and that's been reflected in the different environments and sectors I've worked in over the years," she says.
"From broadcasting at the BBC to online publishing at Mashable, working in digital at Vogue, to now running my own company at the intersection of tech and sustainability, I certainly can't be accused of being fearful
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