Navigating Career & Motherhood(4/4) .
Women today have come a long way. More attributes have been added to their personality like being strong, financially independent, handling more responsibilities other than just home, being educated and being self-sufficient. At the same time, they are gentle, innocent, loving, and concerned.
A working woman has more responsibilities to handle other than domestic chores; for them, every day is like a new challenge.
Managing time for working women becomes imperative. A structured time management technique with enough effort solves every challenge faced in a day by them.
Every working woman must prioritize each work every day and balance home and workplace tasks. Here are the last three tips to help you balance career and motherhood:
Use a family organizer
This is a lifesaver and an absolute must. At first, we had a family calendar on the kitchen wall, but if we weren’t at home, we couldn’t see who was meant to be where, and when. We switched over to the Cozi app and it’s brilliant! You can pull it up on your phone and immediately see everyone’s activities no matter where you are. It also has a section for grocery lists and to-do lists so you can stop at the store and pick up what you need without having to drive home first to find your list! No more texting mile-long shopping lists either!
Stop trying to be perfect.
In today’s age with Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest, it’s so easy to fall into the rut of “not being enough.” We constantly compare ourselves to everyone around us, and worse yet, their highlight reel on social media. Nothing good comes from this.
Stop comparing your life to everyone else’s. This is your life. You choose to live it in the way you want to live it. Drop the need for everything to be perfect.
Your career doesn’t have to be perfect; your family life doesn’t have to be perfect… You don’t have to be perfect. Once I stopped comparing myself and my life, and silenced the perfectionist in me, everything shifted, and I felt a sense of happiness I had never felt before.
Have fun
The last thing we need is to have our lives feel like one massive to-do list. What’s the point?! Fun leads to joy, which leads to overall feelings of fulfilment and happiness. Make sure to do at least one fun thing each weekend (on your own or with your family). You’ll then start your workweek refreshed, feeling like you made the most of your time at home, and you’ll feel more ready to do it all over again!
BALANCING A CAREER WITH MOTHERHOOD ISN’T ALWAYS EASY, BUT IT CAN BE BEYOND FULFILLING TO HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.
Most importantly, be sure to embrace your beautiful, imperfect, exciting, raw, adventurous journey. After all, isn’t that what life is all about?
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