Lithuanian Business leader Trades Corporate Success for Personal Fulfillment
VILNIUS, Lithuania – Nomeda Mackevičiūtė Rysgaard, formerly a successful figure in the business world, has embarked on a significant life change, prioritizing personal fulfillment over a well-established career. The decision, driven by a deep-seated need for authenticity, reflects a growing trend of professionals reassessing their priorities and seeking purpose beyond traditional measures of success.
Mackevičiūtė Rysgaard’s shift isn’t simply a career pivot; it’s a response to internal conflict many women face – the tension between societal expectations,familial responsibilities,and the pursuit of individual dreams. She observed that the obstacles to change often feel disproportionately heavy for women, weighed down by fears of financial insecurity, losing identity within the home, societal judgment, and the weight of commitments. “It truly seems to me that the conflict feels more about us women than for men,” she noted,adding that women frequently bear the primary obligation for family support,making change a hesitant process fueled by doubt.
The impetus for this change, Mackevičiūtė Rysgaard explains, wasn’t a lack of professional achievement, but a fundamental need to align her actions with her inner calling. “I do it because otherwise I can’t,” she stated, articulating the core motivation behind her decision. This sentiment resonates with the work of mythologist and philosopher Joseph Campbell, whose “map of human transformation” posits that everyone is a hero on a unique journey.
Campbell’s framework, as Mackevičiūtė Rysgaard interprets it, suggests that individuals receive an invitation to adventure, inevitably encountering internal “demons” - fears and limiting beliefs – along the way. “We are all heroes who are often invited to travel. The main question is whether we dare to go to our heart and to our heart,” she quoted Campbell,urging others facing pivotal choices to embrace their dreams. Her own artistic work, including a painting titled ”Forgetness,” visually represents this journey of self-discovery and the courage required to step into the unkown.
