Married women get creative!

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Supriya Daroga worked as a senior executive with an advertising agency until she married an IT professional last year. She then gave up her high-profile job and started designing clothes.

"It's something I had been thinking of doing for a long time. I took three months off for my wedding. And instead of going back to my job, I decided to do something new," she says.

Many women take a break from work around the time of their wedding. Some choose to go back to work, some become homemakers and some change fields and take up a career they like better.

So what brings this transformation to pursue what you like post marriage?

Job satisfaction

Marriage is a turning point in every woman's life. For some, it is a wake-up call. Your current line of work may have seemed like the best option when you were fresh out of college, but do you still think so?

Malika Shroff, a 32-year-old aromatherapist, used to be a marketing executive. "My job paid very well, but I was not satisfied at the end of the day. The joy that treating people using aromatherapy brings me makes me believe I have found my calling," she says.

Flexibility

We have all spent years handling long hours and difficult bosses. Giving all that up in addition to doing something you truly love is like Christmas and New Year coming together.

"After taking up aromatherapy as a career, I am not answerable to anybody. I can choose my own work hours and give time to my two children," explains Malika.

For 26-year-old Alysha Aggarwal, moving from television programming to Spanish translations meant more holidays!

No pain, no gain

Leaving a corporate job for an unconventional career is a big, big step. There is more uncertainty in your job situation. But marriage can nullify that factor to a large extent. It gives you the support system you need, not just financial but also emotional.

Another downside of taking up a creative job is that you may not get paid as well as you did earlier.