You Can Juggle Your Career And Your Family

After yet another weekday, you step in from work

, feeling weak in the ankles after a day in your professional-looking pumps, sling your purse from your arm onto the table, only to be greeted by a frazzled babysitter and your begrimed two-year-old.

Behind her, you see smudge marks across the walls and a mess of toys scattered across the living room. You've left behind your obligations from work for the day, only to wrestle with the obligations of your home ahead of you when you'd really rather slump onto the couch and channel surf in your sweatpants.

Mothers deal with a unique kind of stress, especially in our modern world. In our society, there is increasing pressure for women to become educated and maintain prestigious careers to compete with their male counterparts. While I can't say I disagree with the importance of doing so, I also know that trying to juggle all of your responsibilities can be almost too much to bear.

How can you reduce your stress and manage your home and work lives? It is never truly easy, but it can be done.

First off, unless you are working to help shoulder the financial burden for your family, it may be beneficial to reduce the number of hours you work. This depends on your circumstances and how comfortable you are doing this, but you can devote more time to your children and find more balance if you are so working yourself ragged.

Next, get your child (or children) out of your home. This will be helpful to both you and your little one. They will wreak less havoc on your home and it will give your son or daughter an opportunity to interact with other children and environments.

Spend some time investigating daycares or even preschools if your child is old enough. Don't let horror stories or others' opinions sway you away from doing this. Daycare can be a tremendously enjoyable experience for your child, so talk to friends and neighbors (and their kids) to get reliable referrals.

Take time to get your home a little more organized and limit your child's access to areas that could get them into trouble, like your home office or your bedroom. Once you have done this, you should consider hiring a maid, even if it's only for a few days per week. This might seem like an excess, but it can be incredibly relieving to come home to an already orderly house.

Take joy in the small things. The more you develop an attitude of gratitude, the more you will feel your stress melt away.

by: Art Gib

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