Wonder Woman 2017: The Modern Maternal Woman

With Wonder Woman coming out this summer, I thought about all of the mommies I am surrounded by who have supernatural powers. Supernatural in being able to juggle everything that this modern world demands of them. A lot of professional moms strive to find that perfect balance of being a wonderful mom and achieving their goals that they have set for themselves personally.

“The Modern Maternal Woman” is a phrase I use to describe the professional woman striving to excel at work, at motherhood and at home. She makes breakfast, does laundry, goes grocery shopping, goes to work, puts dinner on the table and helps with homework. She then balances putting in quality time with her husband and kids. And let’s not forget social media, one has to set aside time for that as well!

I am an attorney who works 8 to 5, then after sitting in traffic, I come home to my 18 month old son who is potty training. When I get home I am exhausted, but, I get home before my husband. Therefore, I have to tend to my excited-to-see-his-mommy 18 month old and figure out what we are doing for dinner that evening.

Now keep in mind, this is how an evening goes maybe 4 days out of the week. At least 1-2 days a week, I also try to network, attend happy hours or DMB mommy night out events.  A lot of people ask me “How do you do it all?!”. I simply reply, “it takes a village and prioritization.”

As you can see, life can get very hectic for the professional mom who strives to have it all! She wants to be the best wife, best mother, best sister, best daughter, best friend, and best worker. 

Here are “Five Tips to Achieving Balance of Supernatural Demands”:

1. Prioritize Your Relationships: Meaning your marriage, your kids, your job, and your family and friends. For me my marriage is top priority, my son, then so on. For you it might be different. Once you get this order down, it will make your life planning easier. 
2. Learn to Make Time for Yourself: It is important to do activities that keep you happy and relaxed. Make time to go get a mani/pedi, read a book or rent a redbox movie that you can watch at home on a day off. Your mental health is very important and your spirit needs to be nourished.
3. Learn to Say No, Unapologetically: Boy did I learn to use this word a lot more after having my son. As much as you strive to be wonder woman, we are also human. You are not able to attend every event or meet every demand that is asked of you, and IT’S OKAY!
4. Unglue yourself from Social Media: Okay, so we all are glued to our phones, I get it. We don’t want to miss out on cute photos of babies, birth announcements, etc. However scrolling down memory lane also takes time and attention away from being present at home. Don’t miss out on quality time with your family, your social media followers will forgive you I promise.
5. Revisit your Short Term Goals every Month: Every month I take time to go over my plans that I have set during the week and the weekends. Think about what it is you are trying to achieve this month. Is it saving more money? Is it going out on a few dates with your spouse? Completing a house project? Attending a church event? Write your goals down and go for it mama!