So I juggle all the different roles of a mother, partner, friend and professional. Sometimes the different roles come together smoothly; sometimes bringing it all together coherently takes more of an effort. We can’t expect it to be smooth sailing all the time,

I have a busy life by anyone’s standards and I am not the best juggler, I drop things all the time, don’t worry that doesn’t include the baby. Some things are just more important than others and it is ok to drop something once in a while to make time for the things that add real meaning to our lifes. Life’s to short to iron and the unfolded washing; it is ok if it sits there until the weekend.

One of the things that I have learned is that I am not the only one that keeps this juggling act together and that other people also makes sure that my life runs smoothly. Other people are there to help and are most of the times more than capable to take over from me, despite my little control freak tendencies.

I have also learned by not trying to do everything at once keeps the balls in the air, so to speak and to be honest I am still having trouble with this one, Multitasking has never been my strong point but multitasking 20 things at once are bound to end up on the floor, I need to learn to take a step back and handle one thing at a time before they all come tumbling down.

Writing everything down also takes a load of my shoulders. I leave nothing in my brain, from the recipe I still want to try out; to the phone call I need to make to the neighbour about his annoying dog that kept me up until 5 am this morning. Why does it help, because it helps me to remember, I am more stressed when I have to think about 30 things at once. I say yes to often to people and over commit and adding more balls to the juggling act is not going to help one bit.. I can’t concentrate at the task I am currently busy with.

Give it a try, I mean it is really a simple task that helps you to be more productive.

How do I manage to ‘do it all’. Well I don’t, there is always tomorrow to complete the meaningless tasks, I would much rather focus on the things that makes me happy. You are still going to drop a ball or two or three, but I would rather let it be the useless once.

Mommy