Be Safe!
1. Be unapologetic about your lifestyle. Making excuses for working is like wearing a short skirt and constantly pulling on it.
2. Have a school network – two moms you can count on in each child’ s grade. If you help them when you can, it will be easier to ask for help when you need it.
3. Spend a night out each week – a date night or an evening with friends. This is your fuel; don’ t let your tank run dry.
4. Disconnect to Connect. Turn off the technology for a set time each day so that you are present when you are with your family.
5. Do all of your errands within the Golden Triangle – home, office and school. From the dentist to the hair salon, make no exceptions.
6. Treat your arrivals and departures like a train schedule. Predictability makes you more successful at home
7. Beware of the“ Flextime Fantasy.” If you have a flexible career, establish set daily hours so that you don’ t lose time reinventing your schedule each day.
CONTENTS
what’ s in this issue
Meet the Team
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• 25 Ways to Win as a Working Mom
• Our Kid-Friendly Recipe
• A Fun Craft! • Tips for Moms by Moms
• Kidz Corner: Spike’ s Activities Winter Puzzle & Coloring Page
• Family Events Calendar
• Spring Cleaning for the Soul
Editor-in-Chief: Janice Jaicks Contributors: Luke Jaicks Connie Lagerhausen Advertising: Joanna Ferguson Creative Director: Lucia Hassard-Wooten Copy Editor: Gretchen Carter
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Ways To Win As A Working Mom
From the editor
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All great trips require preparation. Your adventure as a working mom is no different. You can be the best parent in fewer hours per week; it isn’ t about how many hours you spend at home, it is about how you use them. Here goes:
1. Be unapologetic about your lifestyle. Making excuses for working is like wearing a short skirt and constantly pulling on it.
2. Have a school network – two moms you can count on in each child’ s grade. If you help them when you can, it will be easier to ask for help when you need it.
3. Spend a night out each week – a date night or an evening with friends. This is your fuel; don’ t let your tank run dry.
On the cover: Wendy Cabañas Diaz with her son Damian Allan Cabañas at Happy Jack Lodge in Payson, Arizona.
4. Disconnect to Connect. Turn off the technology for a set time each day so that you are present when you are with your family.
5. Do all of your errands within the Golden Triangle – home, office and school. From the dentist to the hair salon, make no exceptions.
6. Treat your arrivals and departures like a train schedule. Predictability makes you more successful at home
and at work.
7. Beware of the“ Flextime Fantasy.” If you have a flexible career, establish set daily hours so that you don’ t lose time reinventing your schedule each day.
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