Working Moms: How To Manage Stress?| How To Maintain Work-Life balance?

According to a survey conducted in 2022, 38% of working moms experienced complete mental and emotional breakdowns, and 55% of working moms faced recurring emotional and mental breakdowns or workplace burnout.

 Are you a working mom? Then you must relate to this: waking up at 5 AM, getting yourself ready, preparing meals for your children, sending them off to school, then heading to the office for an 8-hour workday. Coming back home, you dive straight into household chores without a break, and before you know it, it's nighttime.

 Once again, you didn't get to play with your child or spend quality time with them, and you fall asleep thinking about it because the same routine awaits you tomorrow.

 Every day, while trying to meet the diverse demands of your family, children, husband, and office, you often forget to take care of yourself. After managing so much, when no one appreciates you, or someone says you’re not raising your child properly, or that you can’t do your job well because of family and childcare responsibilities, this stress turns into burnout. 

This is also known as emotional, mental, and physical breakdown. So, what can you do to balance your job and take care of your child without stress? It's simple, just follow these 5 rules:

 1.Plan a strict routine where you set separate times for household chores and office work. This creates a boundary: no housework during office time and no office work during home time. 

2. Rule is to find time for yourself. Plan the next day’s tasks the night before, order groceries online, or decline unnecessary social events. Use this time to take care of yourself. 

3. Rule is to let go of guilt for not providing perfect parenting due to work or not giving enough time to your family. Don’t compare yourself to others or measure your worth by someone else's expectations. Instead, accept that you are a great mother. 

4. Rule is to learn to say “NO.” Many people find it hard to say no because they worry about being disliked. However, if you know that doing a particular task or going out with a friend is less important than your personal life, it’s okay to say no. There’s no problem in that. 5. Rule is to share your workload with your partner, your husband. They can help you significantly, reducing your stress. 
 

Source:- 1. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10826-017-0892-4

                2. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312566114_DETERMINANTS_OF_WORK-LIFE_BALANCE_FOR_WORKING_MOTHERS