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🧠 THE MENTAL LOAD: The one (of many) things I do to alleviate it — keep reading

Per ChatGPT the definition for mental load for a mompreneur is the following: The mental load for a mompreneur refers to the often invisible and continuous cognitive effort required to manage both the demands of running a business and the responsibilities of family and household life. It includes the mental work of organizing, planning, and remembering tasks, such as scheduling meetings, managing finances, keeping track of children’s activities, meal planning, and maintaining a household.

Woof. No wonder why women are exhausted. How to alleviate it? DELEGATING.

But more importantly, what do I delegate?

👏 Contractors to do the work in my business
👏 Cleaners to keep my house clean at least 1x monthly
👏 Babysitters when I need some help to go out and meeting with referral partners and clients.

What do YOU do to offload the mental load?

✨ FRIDAY THOUGHTS ✨

When I used to work in corporate, I tried so hard to “grow,” “climb the corporate ladder,” and do whatever I could to “make it.” In reality, it never felt like it mattered how hard I tried, it was still hard to “grow, get promoted, and make so much more money.” Nowadays, I continue to hear of companies laying people off for no other reason other than budget cuts, downsizing, and a variety of other reasons that have nothing to do with their performance.

My husband said something to me when we first started dating that changed my perspective when it comes to work (and now business):

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” 🐠

THIS. I woke up realizing that I was climbing up the wrong trees (literally) and going against what I was good at vs. Going with what I am good at but also what I enjoy.

If this is your “sign,” just know that you are NOT dumb and we all have strengths, we all are so capable of so much more 🫶