Comments on: A working woman’s pledge to stop sweating the silly stuff http://www.momstowork.com/08/26/a-working-womens-pledge-to-stop-sweating-the-silly-stuff/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-working-womens-pledge-to-stop-sweating-the-silly-stuff Because All Mothers Are Working Mothers Thu, 10 May 2012 23:12:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: julie http://www.momstowork.com/08/26/a-working-womens-pledge-to-stop-sweating-the-silly-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-12704 julie Sat, 11 Sep 2010 16:37:38 +0000 http://www.momstowork.com/?p=4022#comment-12704 And I forgot, I am too busy to tidy up before you come to visit. If you want to see me, drop in. If you want to see my house, call ahead ... And I forgot, I am too busy to tidy up before you come to visit.

If you want to see me, drop in.

If you want to see my house, call ahead …

]]> By: Fez http://www.momstowork.com/08/26/a-working-womens-pledge-to-stop-sweating-the-silly-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-12565 Fez Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:12:36 +0000 http://www.momstowork.com/?p=4022#comment-12565 I have come to the same conclusion. > I will not make the bed if I do not have the time > I will put away the computer, iphone etc. when my kids come home and talk to them > The kids eat a well balanced meal from the cafeteria and I pack a healthy snack for them > I will be disciplined and focused in the hours designated for work > To achieve this, my kids and husband are my biggest allies I have come to the same conclusion.

> I will not make the bed if I do not have the time
> I will put away the computer, iphone etc. when my kids come home and talk to them
> The kids eat a well balanced meal from the cafeteria and I pack a healthy snack for them
> I will be disciplined and focused in the hours designated for work
> To achieve this, my kids and husband are my biggest allies

]]> By: julie http://www.momstowork.com/08/26/a-working-womens-pledge-to-stop-sweating-the-silly-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-12242 julie Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:58:01 +0000 http://www.momstowork.com/?p=4022#comment-12242 CV, Thank you for your comment. I try to do the same most afternoons a week during the same period (luckily I have the flexibility to work my own hours.) Mostly I succeed, sometimes I don't. While it is still warm, and before the homework gets too onerous, we are decamping to the pool with picnic dinners a few times a week. I love that time ... just the three of us before their dad gets home and the struggle to get them to bed starts. We straggle home at twilight, au crépuscule as they say in French so elegantly, feeling happy and cosy. A perfect time of year here in DC/MD. Of course, that does mean I am up working right now with some happy diversions like responding to you. Julie CV, Thank you for your comment. I try to do the same most afternoons a week during the same period (luckily I have the flexibility to work my own hours.)

Mostly I succeed, sometimes I don’t. While it is still warm, and before the homework gets too onerous, we are decamping to the pool with picnic dinners a few times a week. I love that time … just the three of us before their dad gets home and the struggle to get them to bed starts. We straggle home at twilight, au crépuscule as they say in French so elegantly, feeling happy and cosy. A perfect time of year here in DC/MD.
Of course, that does mean I am up working right now with some happy diversions like responding to you.
Julie

]]> By: CV Harquail http://www.momstowork.com/08/26/a-working-womens-pledge-to-stop-sweating-the-silly-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-12209 CV Harquail Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:04:25 +0000 http://www.momstowork.com/?p=4022#comment-12209 The key part of my 'plan', such as it is, is to mark off 4 to 7 pm as a time when nothing else can/will happen but kid stuff (other than days I'm scheduled to work later). I often find myself unable to turn off from the work in my home office-- sneaking back to check for email or a new draft from a colleague -- and I need to just submit to the fact that I need to be 100% 'off'. This may not seem drastic (enough), but maybe it will help me deal with the longing for "just another 20 minutes to finish...." and instead be present for my kids. cv .-= CV Harquail´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AuthenticOrganizations/~3/Sz84oNUuJpk/" rel="nofollow">Target- Why Organizations Should Boycott Target but Individuals Shouldn’t Bother</a> =-. The key part of my ‘plan’, such as it is, is to mark off 4 to 7 pm as a time when nothing else can/will happen but kid stuff (other than days I’m scheduled to work later). I often find myself unable to turn off from the work in my home office– sneaking back to check for email or a new draft from a colleague — and I need to just submit to the fact that I need to be 100% ‘off’. This may not seem drastic (enough), but maybe it will help me deal with the longing for “just another 20 minutes to finish….” and instead be present for my kids. cv
.-= CV Harquail´s last blog ..Target- Why Organizations Should Boycott Target but Individuals Shouldn’t Bother =-.

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