I’ve been trying recently to craft a beautiful and eloquent blog post on my struggle to balance career and motherhood. Mostly trying to sort through my thoughts after turning down a full-time reporter’s position.
I scrapped that blog post after seeing this video. It says it all.
The decision to scale back my career (for now) was agonizing. I love what I do, almost to the point of addiction. There was, as David can attest, a full-scale meltdown when I thought of what I was giving up. I (like many other driven women I know) get a rush out of conquering a challenge, doing the impossible and being busy. In addition, we have a mountain of debt that would make anyone but Warren Buffet assume the fetal position. We are going to be broke-as-a-joke apartment dwellers for many years to come.
But that’s OK. Our lives have seasons. This one is dominated by poopy diapers, grocery store meltdowns and baby giggles. Things are going to be tight. And the knot in my stomach over not achieving my full professional potential probably won’t go away. But the moments are going to be priceless.
This decision isn’t right for everyone. But it was right for me, in my situation at this time in my life.
I think …
Just as a side note, the editor is letting me do stories one day a week on a freelance basis. Can’t kick my journalism habit that easy. Maybe I need a 12-step program…
