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I?ve spent a lot of time reading about balance lately. Maybe it?s because I feel like I?m sorely lacking in this department. Maybe it?s because on the heels of the worst week I?ve had as a parent so far (our household was plagued early in the week by ear and chest infections, which were promptly followed by the stomach flu for all of us), I have no idea how to dig out from under the mountains of laundry and very necessary cleaning. Maybe it?s because in the blink of an eye, my babies are full-fledged kids?albeit little ones?who are sassy and funny and scale our built-in bookshelves (that last one was Juliette, yesterday). But whatever the reason, right now I seem to be drawn in by every click-bait headline that reads, ?How to Get Balance Back in Your Life? and ?Yes, You Can Have It All? in my newsfeed. Two weeks ago, I came across an article on an old tweet by Randi Zuckerberg, sister of Mark, former director of marketing at Facebook and mother of two. As the founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media and editor-in-chief of lifestyle website Dot Complicated, Randi?s a busy lady. The spirit of her tweet: entrepreneurs have to choose three of the following priorities: work, sleep, family, fitness or friends.
I?ve been flipping that list over and over in my head ever since, because the more I think about it, the more I believe that parents of small children have to make that decision, too. It?s not that you can only have three forevermore, but, yeah, for days or w...