The career mom is the CEO of everything!
by
Marsha Maung
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I realized the critical importance of the role of career mom when I
had my kids and had to work at home at the same time.
Not only are career moms
assuming the roles of being mom, they are also taking on the role of being
a woman, a wife, a daughter, a business owner or an employee, etc. And
we’re not even talking about bring a driver to the kids, a cook to the
family, a teacher or tuition teacher every single day of the year until
the kids are capable of driving themselves around. Most of the time, the
career mom may have to assume the role of psychiatrist and counselor as
well!
Now, I don’t know about you but I think this whole thing about
multi-tasking and multiple role-playing is pretty hard to
stomach.
That’s why it’s essential to the emotional and physical health of the
career woman to take care of herself and remain in tip-top condition
health-wise, emotionally, physically and mentally. As soon as we, career
moms, crumble, the people around us who are dependent on us (although
husbands may refuse to admit their dependency on us) will crumble along
with us!
Career moms work, on average, 51/2 days a week and that turns out to be
around 44 hours a week. And when they return home, it’s not the end.
There’s no time to sit around, lounge around in the bath or put on a
facial mask or anything like that because the kids need to be fed, the
clothes need to be ironed, the floor needs sweeping and the garbage needs
to be taken out! Career moms don’t normally get overtime, if they are
earning above average salary and yet they don’t get paid anything for
working on the family. It seems that career moms have to spend right about
25 hours every single week on household responsibilities while their male
counterparts get off work and STAY off work.
Balancing a career and a family is never an easy thing – no one in his
or her right mind will tell you that it’s a walk in the park. The process
of trying to balance the importance of a career and the significance of
the family in her life is never ending. However, with some form of plan
that can help the career mom organize and plan the days of her week, a
career mom might be able to find some time to spend on herself!
A career mom, Kimberly, once told me that she made a pact with her
husband, Geoffrey, that he is not to watch television on Mondays,
Thursdays and Sundays because those are the days that Geoffrey is expected
to help deal with the kids. Kimberly further told her husband that she
will go the gym or attend to her personal needs every Thursday and Sunday,
hence, Geoffrey will have to take over from this career mom, family-wise.
Although we have to admit that not every man is like Geoffrey and most of
them will give you a good fight for his right to watch and channel-surf
the TV every single night, some of them will give in to this creative
approach that the career mom can come up with.
The best thing that a career mom can do for herself and her family is
to set up a communication ‘center’ in the home, for e.g., the fridge,
notice boards, cupboards, closets, etc. Once the career mom gets the rest
of the family to cooperate with her on using the communication center,
career mom will find more time for herself without compromising the
functionality of her family and her work.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Marsha Maung is a freelance
graphic designer and copy writer who works from home. She designs apparel
and premium items here and is
the author of "Raising little magicians", and the popular "The Lance in
freelancing". More information can be found here.
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