The purpose of this blog is to help people disrupt patterns that cause imbalance and disengagement and explore how to make different choices to manage work-life, workload and energy balance.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Yes You Can Have it All
There is an article buzzing around called Why Women Still Can’t Have It All, by Anne-MarieSlaughter. It’s a thought provoking
piece that has stirred the work life balance meets feminism pot quite a bit. As
an expert in work life balance, I’m having an issue with the article, not
because the author doesn’t make great points – she does. Rather because I look at the issue of work
life balance in a different light.
First, paramount to my work is the belief that balance is a human issue
not exclusive to a single gender or family structure. Second, I believe you can have it all. There I said it. However, the key to having it all is in
defining AND then being ok with what “all” means to you. That means not measuring
your life and how you live it by it society, media or any other person’s ideas
of what “all” means. Having it all is up
to you and your ability to truly want what you have. Having it all is a choice, just as much as
work life balance is a choice.
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