Suviving a Busy Life: How to Juggle Being a Mother and a Working Mom

After a long day buried in the office or wherever your job is, you come home, tired, and all you want to do is rest your head on a soft pillow and drift into the realm of sleep, probably for hours until the sun rises once again to its usual spot on the horizon. But there are many things that do not permit you to put your feet up and drowse to your dreamless world. No, you just can’t get your longed for breather because your job is not yet done. Yet it is not the job you have left in your office. It is all about your second shift, a job that has no break, no holidays, no days off; a job that goes on forever. But it is more than a job even. Let’s say it is more like a responsibility you are perpetually carrying on your shoulders, a responsibility you badly want to excel more at than in any job in the world. In short, you naturally want to be the best mother to your children that you can be, perhaps the best in the world.

Because You are Also a Mother

So you struggle on trying to juggle being a mother and a working mom. Even though you are tired from your work and you are on the verge of collapse, you still want to prepare dinner for the family, help your kids with their homework, and see all the household chores come to an end. It is understandable, you want to give your family the personal touch of a wife and a mother. So no matter how dead beat you are, you struggle moving around the house and giving everything you know in order to be a good mother.

How to juggle being a mother and a working mom

No matter how much you give, however, conflicts still come and arguments in the family still arise. It is indeed difficult to coalesce career and motherhood into a serene union. Atfer all you cannot simply make a choice between motherhood and career. The first is a given as you can’t escape the binds you have being a mother. The latter can be given up yet it’s nigh on impossible, for me anyway, to stay in the confines of my home forever. I want my own life too. So if you commit yourself to both, be sure you have the backbone to juggle being a mother and a working mom.

No matter what happens, ensure that you are a loving and reliable mom to your child because that is what every child needs. You must also possess the right parenting skills so as to solve the challenges faced by your children and the threats posed to them.

Aside from your kids, you have your husband waiting for your affection and the two of you need time together if you are to remain close. In addition, you need to find time for your friends and your own life which is one thing you must never forget.

Life’s choices made

I used to earn a good living when I was still in the corporate world but my family has always been and will always be my priority that’s why there was no hesitation on my part to resign from a well paid job. Adjustments were hard for several months as our household was used to a two person income but I was able to manage the chequebook quite well. The salary I earn from working online helps but it is barely enough to augment my hubby’s income. It became harder when Drew was born but at times like this, we become resilient in the face of adversity. I learned to cut costs. No more daily Starbucks treats for me. I learned how to clean and paint my own nails. Hubby learned how to mow the grass instead of hiring a local boy to do it for us. We only hire our trusty babysitter for a few hours every week instead of the full eight to ten hours she used to clock in with us.

I might not be the economic driving force that I used to be but as a stay at home mom, I believe that I have fulfilled my destiny. How about you? How do you juggle your time between your career and your family?

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