October is National Work and Family Month. I'm glad that busy parents receive a month acknowledging their efforts. Achieve work-life balance with this exercise.
I’m a full-time working mom living a busy life like you. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I was even busier because there were more things to think about, such as not forgetting the back-up face masks and packing extra hand sanitizer in the kids’ backpacks before dropping them off at school.
October is National Work and Family Month. I’m glad we working moms have a month that recognizes that we do A LOT.
There isn’t just one thing that’s important in my life—I’m grateful that there are many. As a creative multi-passionate mom, writer and yoga teacher, each area of my life fulfills me in a different way. My family is important to me. My work is important to me. Self-care is important to me. Yoga is important to me. Writing is important to me.
What about you? What’s important to you?
How do you find harmony with it all? You just make it happen however you can, right?
If you really, really want to write a book or start a blog or a podcast, you can make it happen with intention, persistence and commitment. That’s how I did it.
Working at the same time as raising kids doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice your dreams. In fact, being a working parent inspires my dreams and purpose.
I’m a self-care advocate for working moms for a reason: You need to prioritize your self-care so you can continue to do all the things you do and not burn out. How else are you supposed to sustainably keep doing everything you're doing?
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Practice It: Achieve Work-Life Balance by Reviewing Your Commitments
Make a list of all of the commitments you do on a monthly basis outside of your 9-to-5 job and being a mom. Sometimes work-life balance means letting go of a responsibility or commitment that doesn’t serve you. Do you really need to be a member of another committee? If so, and it’s part of your life’s work, great! But if not, think thoroughly about it, and if you can let it go, do it. You’ll be freeing up space for the things and people most important to you, including yourself.
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