Trying to do it all?  Not feeling very successful?

Feeling the pressure to ‘do it all’ has become such a cliche. Unfortunately, it’s also the hard reality for momtrepreneurs.  Not only do we have to keep the kids fed, the pets clean, and the house kept, but we also have to keep the phones answered, the  socials networked and the emails checked.

However…if you dare to take a stab at ‘doing it all’ successfully, I’ve collected 3 useful tools to help you accomplish this Herculean feat:

1. Revisit the definition of “all.”

Merriam-Webster defines “all” to be “any whatever.” What does that mean?  I have no idea.  You don’t have to, either.  Go ahead and define “all” however you please.  And really try to abide by your new definition. Read more

Stop denying it.  You really do need to get work done.  You refuse to succumb to the working woman’s guilt about time spent away from the kids.

To help you stay true to your momtrepreneuriality and stop feeling so badly about “ignoring” your children, here are 3 useful tools:

1. The Boob Tube.

Rana Foroohar and Susan H. Greenberg, two spectacular women, reported in Newsweek that “A 2007 study by the National Bureau of Economic Research on rural India found that within six to seven months of getting cable TV, men and women alike had become more open to the idea of women’s autonomy, and more accepting of female participation in household decision making.”

If this is not proof enough that you should feel great about parking your kids in front of the TV, I don’t how else to convince you of its goodness.  Seriously.  Have them watch more TV. Read more

I am an extremely organized person.  In my head.  To you, my desk might look like a bomb hit it.  But I know where everything is, where everything needs to be, and what each item is doing in its place.  Even so, I’m constantly reading up on tips to stay organized…reading books about getting organized…watching Oprah’s Peter Walsh about getting organized…and organizing notes on organized organization in my organizationally organized organization of an office.

To help you stay much better organized than even me (whose personal slogan could be “Organized Beyond Organization”), here are 3 useful tools: Read more

I don’t remember anything.  Having the worst memory in the world, I don’t even bother looking sorry anymore when I forget someone, or something.  Didn’t call that client back yesterday?  Forget to pick up the kids?  Blame my memory, not me.

(Note: if I have met you twice before at a conference or a Meetup and my eyes give away the fact that I can’t remember you, please know that it’s not me.  It’s my memory.  I loved meeting you the first and second time.  Honestly.)

To help feeble minds cobble together the thousand things that momtrepreneurs must do every day, here are 3 useful tools: Read more