I salute you – The working woman

There are times when I really marvel at how the hell people do it. This is not the life we ​​wanted. As I sit in the middle of traffic jams and look inside the minivans, I see parents with young children strapped in, transporting their young children to daycare and then to 8 hours of work.

So. We work 8 hours, spend maybe an hour in traffic, get home, relax a bit, go to bed. Rinse, lather and repeat.

Get up at 6, hit traffic at 7:00 am to 7:30, work all day at home at 6:00, have dinner, and maybe kick back for a couple of hours. So 12 hours running around (getting ready) and going to and from work. Maybe a couple of hours of your time, relaxing or dedicating yourself to a passion… or maybe not… too tired. Too stressed.

And I think women have a much more nurturing soul, so they tend to bear the brunt of child-rearing. And most working women raising children are crying out for A LITTLE peace and time for themselves.

Life is hard. There’s no way to avoid it. To do?

First of all, the government and big business continue to make excellent bedfellows, making the wonderful idea of ​​working a 7-hour day or a standard four-day workweek almost impossible.

And having a wonderful career sucks. Your job gives you the money to do what you REALLY want to do in life. Whether it’s painting, playing the piano or helping animals. For most of us our job is a job. Maybe baseball players are in love with their career and their paycheck. So the trick is to at least like your job. It is rarely your passion.

We are certainly not working the 27-hour work week that we predicted a few years ago. And our company can throw us out at any time. Do we really want to stay there?

Do you want to find the balance? Sorry, the balance these days does not exist. It’s a rat race in the job market. The higher on the ladder, the more hours required. The solution is to be fully present to yourself and your family outside of work. Live the moment. Find joy in the little things. Always leave the office in the office.

Did you really want to have children? Because for the most part it will not bring you constant happiness. Not even close. It gives you a lot of sacrifice and confusion, especially during adolescence. Studies have shown that people are happier when children move out. Having children at the right time, or just having them, is a big decision.
Pretty gloomy picture, huh? Yes. There has to be a better way. That’s one of the things I’m working on for my website. Especially for working mothers.

We all need our own space sometimes, our own piece of peace or our own time to dabble in a passion.

To you, working mothers… I salute you.

In summary

1. Finding true happiness and joy through your career is often a myth. What most of us have is a job. Learn to like your work and enjoy your passions outside of work.

2. Having children does not equal years of joy and happiness for you. It takes a lot of sacrifice and work to raise healthy, well-adjusted children. Finding some peace and time for yourself is a priority for you. Your children will not give you peace and space of time.

3. Sorry, the balance on these days does not exist. But you can be fully present and joyful outside of work. Don’t even dare to think about it.

4. Do you really want to stay there?