As a girl boss, i find myself juggling things that male bosses do not neccessarily have to.
All my three other co founders are men. And I have had the genuine privilege of working with such brilliant minds. But when their work days end or at least wind down, mine is just at the middle valley. There is another mountain to climb once I get home! Were they kick back their shoes, raise up their feet and reach for the tv or maybe work some more, when i get home, my responsibilities are only half done!
Once I enter my home door hurriedly– always hurriedly because it is already 7:30 and the family is about to starve already ( i already know their body clock ) ; i only have time to change into slippers before heading to the kitchen and cook.
As a working mom, even if i shouldnt, i feel guilty that I cannot devote all my time to my daughter and hub, so i try to overcompensate by making sure i do the dinner cooking.
After dinner, I check my daughter’s assignments, sign the school daily journal and making sure there is no school memo i might have missed. Then its nagging daughter P to take a shower , fix her school bag and genereally do what moms are supposed to do.
Once she is settled down for the night ( by 10nish ) i frankly have no energy left but sometimes have to pretend ( i know right?) to be interested in how hub’s day went and the new funny thing that happened early in the day.
Truth is i just want to plop down the bed, plug in my beloved $400 earphones and watch my Chinese telenovelas ( with subtitle ).
Being a girl boss is tiring, demanding and just really tiring. But knowing that I have 200 souls ( 1000 indirect )directly under my care and responsibility makes my life more meaningful. Knowing that I am making a difference in their lives for the better and that i am just not living for me but for a higher purpose makes all the sacrifices worthwhile.
So I am a Mom, a wife, a daughter, a sister, a friend then a boss. I am everything that makes me who I am.
So this Mom has just gotta soldier on and do the best that she can, knowing that she is part of something much bigger than herself. knowing that she is exchanging her peaceful weekends and weeknights not just for “work” bu the responsibility and improvement of the lives under her care.
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