Posted on 6 July, 2011
How To Balance Your Life as Mother, Wife, and Career Woman
75The lives you live as wives, moms, and homemakers - where else can you, as women, get the greatest fulfillment other than in a warm loving home?
Admittedly, motherhood is not all a bed of roses, especially if you happen to be a career woman. Can today's woman have it all - nice fulfilling job, loving husband, great kids, a comfortable home? - Well yes, but only if you learn the art of juggling home and career - IF you know your priorities. Here's what a perfect career woman could just do.
The 7 Got-To-Do Habits of the Successful Career Woman:
?1. Put people over things, never things over people.
- Sometimes you want to save up extra for a special summer vacation (overseas)? But to do this you have to work the entire Christmas season and be away from your family on that very special holiday. So what do you think you should do?
?2. Set limits on work time.
- You don't have to work overtime because your competing colleague is all around and about doing it, do you?
?3. Know when, and how to say ?no' gracefully.
- Knowing your capacity more than anybody could help you stop taking all the responsibilities for your self. You just have to accept that you also need to take a break, or that you also have other priorities.
?4. Get organized so you can use your time and energy efficiently.
- It just makes everything easier. So spend some time, even just a little time cleaning-up or de-cluttering and planning.
?5. Establish rules and routines in your home.
- This helps you ?be there' still when you're away at work. It also gives you some assurance that all's well ?cause your kids are not all lost since they're following your set guidelines.
?6. Do what you're good at, and let others do the rest.
- Delegate. Share duties with others. Asking for help helps a great deal. Stop worrying because things can get done even if you're not the one who's had a hand on everything. Let others do their jobs.
?7. Look after yourself - mind, body, and spirit.
- How else aren't you going to be able to do all of the above if you're not healthy, able, and ready? Remember, you could wear out, get sick, and not ever recover; So stop, relax, and re-charge every now and then. And you must "first, love your self before you can love others," right?
I certainly hope that listing these would inspire you to enjoy (both) your job and family more. Becoming a successful and happy all-around career woman is difficult - but, it's possible. In fact, many women are already doing it - You can, too.
*Another good advice for the aspiring career woman / mother / wife: Get a job that will complement, not clash, with your home life. Get a job you really love and enjoy. There is nothing worse than having a lousy job that leaves you drained at the end of the day and ill-prepared to face your family when you get home.*
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