The myth of balance

There’s a great post by Dr. Mary over at Work It, Mom! on The Myth of Balance, and one idea stuck with me:

Accepting that sometimes one thing has to get a bit more attention that another is yet another way that working moms can nourish and support themselves; it reduces “supermom” syndrome instantly.

We spend a great deal of time trying to reach the mythical place of “balance” where everything in life gets the same amount of attention, and it’s just not possible.

As I’ve said before, it used to be that we just called it “life” and sometimes, “life” is just busy and you do what you have to do and try to do it well.