No one told me it was so hard, although I never envied working mothers. I luckily had the first 18 months of alessia’s life with Little work. I did stints sins free lance but over all I could focus on being a mum, I was a hundred percent happy with how I was doing my job. I don’t like to do things in halves so all my energy was into Motherhood. But that was never going to be long term, for many reasons.
But why couldn’t I still be the stress free relaxed mother and work what would be so different.
It’s almost coming to a year that the lotus room has been open, and what a year it has been. Meeting some of the most amazing people. Getting to watch people grow and develop at the yoga, see people move from one class to the next and meet young teens, explore and learn something so knew and love it. It organically blossomed from
But I wanted to do both. I was working full time and I was a full time mum. My job was not cut in half now I was working there was not less to do, no there was more. More organising more, Juggling, more preparing. I love going with the flow just seeing what happens but things changed. Cooking dinner turned into a huge chore, going to the shops was the same. I didn’t have the same energy to do all these things as well as I wanted.
I only had so much to go around. But when it comes to your business you have to give it all, you don’t get a second Chance, so this is where everything went and then what was left was trying to be the best mum I could be. There was Days where I didn’t pick up a hover, or weeks where we ate out for lunch. And weekends where I just wanted to lie in bed after working six or seven days that week. But I loved both jobs, each one different each one offering something unique.but the balance was the struggle. As my first years draws to a close. And my first real
Break is upon me, as I sit in India and once more all I have to do is be a mum, my job seems so easy, so enjoyable so rewarding. What I hope to learn is the art of balance.