1/29/2024 0 Comments Salon vie rebelleI also remind myself that it’s important to show my family that what I do makes a difference in other people’s lives - that helps tremendously to counter the guilt I feel when I’m away from home. I use the app Marco Polo to check in with them so they don’t get sad since I miss story time. Technology helps save the day, especially when I’m on the road. Guilt drives and derails on a moment-to-moment basis. My family is always, always first and I’ve given up paid speaking engagements and client work to put them first, but I don’t identify first as a mom. I am a CEO, cyclist, and then mom, which is probably why I don’t have a lot of guilt. My identity and priorities overlap-but they’re not the same. Of course, there are days when the school nurse calls and you have a client meeting that interferes with pick-up, but I try really hard to make family the priority and have worked hard to work with clients who understand that and do the same. Internally, we do a daily check-in that includes our top three priorities for the day, which holds all of us accountable to a productive day. Meetings are part of those blocks, as well. I work in blocks of time, with my priorities for the day clearly outlined. Then I ride my bike and am back at my desk and ready to work by 9:00. At 7:00, I get the small one up and ready for school. to write and I know I have only two hours to do so. I’ve struggled to figure out why that is - I’m supposed to have guilt why don’t I? I don’t know if it’s because I became a mom later in life, because I work from home so I have more flexibility than most, because I’ve built a business that supports work/life balance (and didn’t become a mom until it could support that decision), or because I’ve managed to figure out how to be on at work during business hours and how to ignore work during mom hours.Ĭompartmentalizing, prioritizing and staying accountable …Ĭompartmentalizing allows me to handle competing commitments I get up a 5 a.m. I really hate to say it, but I rarely feel guilty. “I’m supposed to have guilt why don’t I?” Their responses, including how guilt enters (or is absent from) the work-life balance equation, how they juggle competing priorities, and how their roles influence their identity are featured below.įounder and Chief Executive Officer, Arment Dietrich, Inc. In celebration of Mother’s Day, we reached out to several accomplished moms - women at the top of their professional game who have managed to lead a company, grow their career AND raise a family - and asked them: How in the world do you do it? When you’re a mom who’s also a CEO, entrepreneur, doctor, lawyer, designer, teacher, accountant, administrator, coach … or any other career professional, the challenge intensifies even more. Achieving work-life balance is a pervasive challenge - especially if you’re a mom who also works outside the home.
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