Work/Life Balance: THE PRESSURE TO MAKE IT WORK

possibility of moving forward. The greatest obstacle in life is fear and giving up because of it.” Those perfect aesthetically pleasing ideals are great for Instagram, but in real life we fail every day much like Justice Sotomayor stated. We have the stains of a hard-fought day of fruit pouches and animal crackers with toddlers. We have a house filled with toys and blocks that don’t all magically get put away. We have work deadlines that sometimes mean missing time with family or a night out with the girls.

Having it all doesn’t mean having it “perfect” all the time. Having it all doesn’t mean making every PTA meeting, work deadline, social event, or fundraiser. Sometimes there are too many balls in the air, and we need help or even to just let them fall down. That’s the funny thing about juggling. We put so much pressure to keep them all in the air, but at the end of the day, if one falls, we can just pick it back up when we are ready.