As a working mom, your weekends are precious. After a busy week filled with work deadlines, meetings, and family obligations, it’s easy to see the weekend as your time to catch up on chores or simply collapse on the couch. However, without a little thought and intention, weekends can leave you feeling either overwhelmed or unsatisfied.

Do you love your job? I'm curious if that answer has changed over the years. I know it has for me, especially after having kids. Before I had my oldest child, I worked because frankly, I was ambitious. After working hard for my degree and taking risks to get internships and move to new cities, I wanted to put it all to good use.

I feel very strongly that one of the ways I was able to create better work life balance for myself, was by reminding myself of this very thing. My 70% is someone else's 100%. That acknowledgement gave me permission to breathe. To slow down just a little. To stop hustling so hard.