I volunteered for a new professional opportunity today as part of the Utah Medical Association, which will occur outside of my normal job, but in relation to it. As I made the phone call and the words tumbled out of my mouth, I could feel myself tearing between the options, thinking, "This will be a great professional opportunity" vs "Your family does not have the time for you to take on another item".
Ultimately, I still ended up committing to the experience and then hanging up the phone to audibly say to myself, "What are you thinking?". And even now, I am not sure.
In some ways, it is such a challenge to be a woman - knowing you are competent and able to accomplish a great deal, which at the same time feeling a pressure of needing and wanting to care for your family first and foremost.
How to balance it all? Is there a balance to all of it? I recently posted the infamous article from "The Atlantic" (http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/why-women-still-cant-have-it-all/309020/) that discusses this issue as well.
More on this issue in the future. For tonight, my kids need me.
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