Working Mom! How many times have you heard this? You know you are a working mom when your mind seamlessly transitions from remembering to change a diaper on your way out the door to strategizing about tax savings for your multi-million dollar client as you are driving to work. As a senior certified public accountant at Cullari Carrico, LLC, I work on individual and business tax returns, compile financial statements, perform review services and serve as a member of the quality control committee. My day consists of juggling an active infant and a non-stop toddler, to managing endless deadlines, to remembering to reflect new regulations in my prepared financial statements.
As a professional, you are passionate about your career by making sure you are on your A game during a meeting, but all of a sudden your watch buzzes with a call from daycare. You leave to answer and come back to a meeting that is wrapping up where someone else has shined and you sit back and nod in agreement to what they are saying. It feels like another missed opportunity because life as a working mom has gotten in the way.
No matter what anyone says or what any “superwoman” portrays, being a working woman isn’t easy. No matter how advanced society has become, the majority of the time it’s women who are the “mental worriers.” Have you ever heard a dad talk about their kids’ bowel movement?
As a mother, you want to do it all without feeling guilty. Feeling guilty because instead of baking, you sent in store-bought goodies during a school holiday party or you couldn’t do happy hour at work where new clients would be discussed.
You want to do it all and rightfully so…and with the right boundaries, work-life balance may be achievable!
It’s apparent that there is no one way to do it, but here are few things to keep in mind: