Who's not a WORKING mom?!?

Working moms, where are ya? 

Oh, hiding from all the guilt you feel at home because you're leaving your kiddos soon 

or the pile of things you haven't quite finished yet at work because... 

you're a mom? 

I SEE you! 

 get you! 

I am you! 

For six years I was able to stay at home with my kiddos, and let me tell you...

THAT WAS WORK. Different work, yes, but WORK.

So really, all moms are working moms. ALL OF US. 

Just because you don't go to work doesn't mean you're not working!

Making dinner, reading stories, cleaning... again, wiping bums, biting your tongue on that scream or swear word... again....

OR 

Checking up on the sitter/daycare to make sure they are feeding your kid the right things, 

giving them educational experiences,

making good things happen at your home....

So... in the crazy of being a mom, these are some things I have found that have

helped me to keep things organized and helped me to feel a little less 

like I am drowning in a tidal wave. 

Click HERE to see what this is all about...

OR the Walmart version

Again, click HERE to see what you can do FROM HOME or WORK.

I also use this, for myself and my children... (per doctor's advice)

Especially when my husband is working nights, I have to be up at 5am to get ready or grade or prep things for my sitter- those moments when the brain just won't turn off.

A good planner or planning system is a MUST as a busy mom, and especially as a working mom.

 Maybe paper isn't you, use the tools in your phone to help you out- 

calendar, to dos, reminders, lists upon lists... whatever works for you.

 

Venmo- whether to pay a colleague, a sitter or just a friend when you're FINALLY out

and forget your cash. Game changer folks- also, online banking with bill pay 

and automatic checks coming out and being MAILED FOR YOU. Serious folks, never going back.
HERE is the link for apple phones and HERE is the link for androids.

Finally, BEWARE the urge to be seen as PERFECT. I'm not sure if it is because of social media or just that we as women and mothers have always striven to be the very best we can, but there is a perfectionist culture that is extremely pervasive and also extremely dangerous to our own well-being.

THIS article/podcast "The Perils of Perfectionism" (interview with Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife) has helped me to be more self-aware of my own 

perfectionist seeking tendencies. Don't let it hurt your mental health or your relationships.

Give yourself room to be YOU. 

You don't need to be like anyone else- you don't need to be perfect at everything, or really anything.
Keep striving a trying a moving forward, knowing that your kids see you and love you for all you are trying to be for them, and for YOU.