For the working parents.

This one's for every working parent who's ever felt like they're failing at juggling everything.

A few days ago, Google Photos brought up this memory 📸. And I broke down.

This was ten years ago. My older daughter wasn’t feeling well, and I didn’t have a babysitter. With a full day of meetings, I brought her to the office and set her up beside me in a conference room.

I remember sending this photo to my husband, who was traveling, and feeling completely overwhelmed. I was convinced I was failing both as a mom and as a professional.

There were many days like this throughout the years.

Fast forward to today. My girls are turning 15 and 13 this month.

They don’t remember the days I scrambled to “do it all.”

❤️ But, they do remember the moments I 𝘥𝘪𝘥 show up: the bedtime chats, our Family Fun Fridays, the parent/daughter dates.

And, both my teens still come up to me and say, “𝘔𝘢𝘮𝘢, 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩. 𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴.”

They’ve made it clear: as long as I keep showing up, with love and intention, that’s more than enough.

🌱 Looking back, all that guilt and pressure I put on myself exhausted me. I could have been a better leader, parent, and human, if I’d just focused on my own version of ‘good enough’.

If you’re in the thick of it right now, just know there’s no such thing as a perfect balance between career and parenting.

Only 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 version of doing your best, in the moments that count.

💭 Where are you holding yourself to impossible standards? And what becomes possible when you let that go?

👉 Reach out, if you are ready to design a career and life that align with 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

email: amy@dreamplando.live