DEFINE FOR YOURSELF
HAVING
ITÂ ALL!
By Vonna Matthews
A woman's ability to be both professionally driven and a
mother has been debated since women began entering the
workforce. This discussion is underlined by three
misconceptions.
One - "having it all" means the same thing to every woman.
Two - "having it all" represents an ends to a mean, a finite goal
that is achieved at one given point rather than the fluid
representation of a journey.
Three - it can be narrowed down to one accomplishment that is
solely defined by the "successful" merge of family and career.
Who decides what "having it all" entails and when it has been
achieved? Is the question, "Can a woman have it all?," the one
we should be answering or should we focus on a woman's right
to decide what is important to her and how she will manipulate
her priorities? In our quest for work-life balance (a colleague
once told me that it should be life-work balance), we must
determine and explore our individual priorities rather than
societal norms or ideas of success.
I am a stay at home mompreneur. My typical day consists of
attempting to manage a business while a 3 year old begs for
peanut butter bites and a 10 month old discovers new ways to
HER STORY
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LET'S GET REAL
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