The Best of Both Worlds Routine

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by Danielle Kennedy

Instead of thinking your family and career life are in conflict with one another, start realizing each life equalizes the other one. Most of us working mothers are the type that have a lot of energy and get bored easily, anyway. We enjoy variety in our life. The routine of being able to dance back and forth between our professional and personal work can actually be a way to reduce stress.

"When I have been loaded down with work and stress on my job with seemingly no end in sight, I take the pause that refreshes. Then I tell my staff I am going home for the rest of the day to concentrate on another phase of my life," says Ruth Harkin.

"Working mothers have so many phases of their life to explore. And leaving one phase to go explore another is truly a great stress reliever."

Kelly Radaker Jones enjoys the best-of-both routine for the same reason.

"Being able to have both, one enhances the other. When I am home for a while and not traveling on business trips, and it is midafternoon and the kids have been fighting all day, I appreciate my work and look forward to the following week's business trip. Then, when I go out on the trip and I am struggling to complete a project with my clients who are being especially difficult, I can't wait to get home to my babies."

Realize you have the best of both worlds. Live in the present moment when you are on the job, and make the most of it. Then, when you've had enough, close the door of your office (both physically and mentally) and enter the door of your home (both physically and mentally) and enjoy the present moment while you are there. Don't be like some working mothers who are never where they are supposed to be. Sure, it may appear they are at the office because they are there physically, but they are worried about what is going on at home. The opposite is also true. This makes for unproductive living. No one around you ever gets the honor of your presence.