In other words, organizing their lives, finding a simpler way to allow them to enjoy life. But that isn’t easy.
If you break down, minute by minute, the jobs women juggle, it would appear that not one but three or 10 women are engaged in each task. Children, for instance, require credible love, interest and attention, including three meals a day, both physical and psychological Band Aids, homework help, bedtime tucking-in, regular visits to teachers and doctors, attendance at ballgames and recitals, participation in religious schools; the list goes on.
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Get it All Together
When a woman is pregnant and juggling life’s demands, it’s that much more stressful. The way to unclutter your personal and business lives can be summed up in one word: organization.• Low-cost baskets should be appropriately labeled and can add pizzazz to any room. • Shelving helps to put everything in its place. • Bulletin boards allow you to avoid leaving memos and notes all over the house or office. • Set priorities for your activities, making “must-do” things first and everything else secondary or not at all. • Don’t hesitate to enlist the help of your husband, kids, friends and family. |
Women must also offer credible love and interest to their partners, as well as — ideally — reciprocal attention to birthdays, anniversaries, his family’s goings-on and of course romance and sex.
As for careers, women — whether they’re the bosses or the employees — must wake up early, look good, travel most likely from 30 to 60 minutes to their jobs, deal with coworkers and, most important, meet drastic deadlines.
Joan Swirsky is a psychotherapist, former OB nurse, and the author of Gift of Life: A Spiritual Companion for the Mother-to-Be.