I am the modern day woman.
I am the mother. I am the career woman. I am the errand boy. I am the confidante. I am the disciplinarian. I am the best friend. I am the wife. I am the cook.
I am the quintessential independent-balancing-work-family-social-life woman who is also going-mad!!!
Yes I am the independent multitasking mad woman!
And the funny part? I chose this title for myself. I could have surrendered to a relaxed monotonous life of a pampered wife, never multitasking never juggling forever focused and doing one thing at a time... and getting that right. I envy such people. They have this calmness and poise about themselves.
Not like me... who is applying lipstic... while reheating yesterday's leftover in the microwave... at the same time trying to settle some dispute between my 10 yr old and my husband.
Yes I get exhausted. Yes at the end of most days I get that feeling that the to-do list is never-ending. I go to bed with a plan of action in place as to how to handle the 10 zillion things I have taken on...
But there is always the satisfaction of that one day... once in a while... when the inbox is 0-0... the cake is baked perfectly... the diet not cheated upon... the husband happy with the quality time spent with him...the dinner guests happy with the amazing dinner we threw...the daughter proud of a Mom who helped her get an A+ in that school project...the blog is updated...etc...etc...etc And last but not the least a very happy and proud me.
A woman... who managed to transcend from being another run of the mill stay home mom to a Superwoman who can proudly say, "I am Me. I may be going crazy most days...but I still find time to be Me."
You sound like my wife! BTW, are you implying that you could have been a "trophy wife"! :)
ReplyDeleteImplying nothing...just doing some introspection about whether that life is better than this hamster in the wheel life? And upon careful introspection I am happy to conclude that I wont trade this one for anything :)
DeleteI am woman, hear me ROAR, right?
ReplyDeleteI think it's the culture. We are convinced that we have to be these multi-tasking Pinterest perfect women who can do it all. And instead of taking a break, taking a breath, we do it, and do it well. :)
Great post!