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This blog does two things. It shares my journey as a working mom and
provides my sisters in the struggle with tips about how to better manage their
responsibilities as working moms and how to lead better, more productive, and
more satisfying lives.
She says that she doesn’t strive for
balance. Instead, she has created a life that incorporates her responsibilities
as a mother and an executive. It is by living this integrated life that she has
achieved satisfaction.
As I tell my clients, and those
in the audience during presentations, work/life balance is a fiction. You have
one life with many components. It is your responsibility to figure out how to
make them all work together. Melissa’s piece had some good points. Check it
out!
Four Personal Practices to Work/Life Integration from Melissa McDevitt
- Make
trade-offs: dropping my
preschooler off at school once a week or taking that 5:30 p.m. call from
the car.
- Declare
priorities: getting home for
dinner knowing there will be a little late night email.
- Ask
for help: thank goodness
for meal delivery services and handyman companies.
- Breathe: which works for my toddler and it works
for me too!
To read the article in Working Mothers Magazine, click
here.
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