Faint of Heart I have always known being a working mom wasn’t for the faint of heart as it is challenging work, but I am starting to see the pressures of today’s society are making it more and more stressful for moms everywhere. I had a friend recently come over with her 2-year old. He […]
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Happy Holiday’s Readers
Happy Holiday’s Managing It All Readers! Wow, I cannot believe it is already December and the holiday’s again! I began this Managing It All blog journey a year ago. My intention was to have a post every week and I could manage that for a while, but I didn’t get the guest bloggers to join […]
What’s Love Got To Do With It?
April marked a huge milestone in my life and I wanted the first blog back from my break to be in honor of it. My husband and I celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary. I know that this is not an unusual feat and there are couples all around us hitting much higher numbers, but with statistics […]
Managing Time Before It Manages You
Oh Time, our elusive friend or staunch enemy, that we all seem to chase every day, week, month, year. It is so hard to believe something can be so giving and yet so cruel at the same time. I figured out a long time ago that how I manage this benevolent beast is key to […]
Overcoming The Impatient Perfectionist
I recently started a new chapter in my career. The third in three years. It is a great thing and I am enjoying it very much, but it has also brought out a side of me that I am trying hard to control. The impatient perfectionist. The internal struggle I have with myself to do […]
Fighting Fear
The New Chapter of Fear Today, I find myself in a position I have never been in in my entire working life, and the fear is hard to fight. I have been laid off and I do not yet have another position. Fear. I was officially told 10 days ago; the fear has grown with […]
Having It All?!
I Have This! Really!? There is a reason I called this blog “Managing” it all and not “Having” it all. By definition, I can say I “have” the family, reasonably successful career, and a pretty fulfilling life, but I know I would be fooling myself and others to say I “have” it all. Now, admitting […]