It’s a life of Balance; Things you wish your mother told you

I know most women will have this moment in their life when they realize that being a girl isn’t as cute and frilly as its cracked up to be. It usually will happen first well into their marriage, when they realize that married life is not what Hollywood tells us it is; living happily ever after. It happens when they realize just how overly glorified dating and weddings are. No one ever told us that being in a relationship with someone forever takes a lot of hard work.

Women have to learn to balance everything in their lives. It sometimes feels like a constant roller coaster. You have to manage your boss, your kids, and your husband among all the other relationships with co-workers, friends, and employees. Add to that managing your own career, business, home, personal development etc. I sometimes wonder how we don’t go insane with all the pressure constantly being applied from every side.

Add to this mix having to carry a child to term, then giving birth, and having to raise a crying and non-sleeping infant. The drama intensifies when God decides to bless you with twins or quadruplets. I once saw a hilarious car sticker that said, “You have not lived until you have had twins”, which I thought was quite hilarious and astoundingly true.

As you plan out your life for every decision you make take time to understand the implications of that decision on all the other spheres of your life. It is what I would call creating a work-life balance.

One of the things every woman should refrain from is feeling guilty for not having enough time for all the things you care for. Let me share a few tips that I have found helpful in creating a work-life balance.

1.Make a detailed time table of all the things you do consistently on each day and then fill up the free time with those precious family moments.
2.Plan to also take one or two days a month off work to spend with your spouse and go on family outings together.
3.Create time to spend with yourself reading or getting your hair and nails done
4.Create time to spend just with your girlfriends and the kids.
5.Have a friend to keep you accountable on your goals.
6.Make time to spiritually connect with your source.
7.Once in a while throw a party/barbecue and invite your friends and family.

I have found these techniques very useful and even discovered loads of free time I could create to do other things by waking up a few hours earlier in the morning and spending my free lunch hour and time sitting in traffic reading. Try it and let me know what you discover.