Her Way to the Top by Hira Ali

Author:Hira Ali
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Panoma Press Ltd

Coping Strategies For Perfectionism

Acknowledge That Done Is Better Than Perfect

Be There In The Moment

Reframe Failure

Take A Social Media Break

Avoid Gatekeeping

Delegate

Decide Whether Perfectionism Will Add More Value

Realise You Are Enough

CHAPTER 5:

TIME POVERTY

The bad news is time flies.

The good news is you’re the pilot.

Michael Altshuler

Have you ever wished there were more hours in the day? More time to stay on top of your to-do list, pursue your hobbies, connect with friends, go out with your children for fun activities, and maybe even get to the gym?

You’re not alone.

Women across the world are suffering from ‘time poverty’. In my survey, a large majority of women, irrespective of where they lived, confessed that managing time was the primary challenge holding them back in their careers. Respondents ranked it the third highest challenge after FOMO and Impostor Syndrome.

To say that everyone is busy these days is an understatement, but if you’re a working mum, spare time can be even more elusive. Women are certainly more ‘time poor’ than men. Research quoted in previous chapters clearly highlights that working mothers are more time starved than working men given their demanding schedules.

My husband’s typical day involves waking up, showering, dressing, breakfasting, then travelling to work, working at the office the whole day, commuting home, playing with our son, eating dinner, watching television, listening to music and then sleeping.

My day involves waking up, showering, getting dressed, packing a lunch for my son, helping my son get dressed, dropping him off at school, tracking his progress, finding missing raincoats, hitting the gym (if time allows), coordinating with home contractors to fix things, returning home for breakfast, writing my blog, coaching a client or attending a training/workshop, networking, leaving in time to pick up my child, feeding him a snack, taking him to his extra-curricular activities, grocery shopping on the way home, staying in touch with family and friends, helping with school homework, doing laundry and washing-up, preparing a family meal (the last three tasks are often performed simultaneously), preparing our son for bedtime, getting his bag and uniform in order for the following day, preparing for my coaching or training session, spending time with hubs, reading a book and finally hitting the bed.

Now I am certainly not suggesting that my husband works less hard; in fact he works so hard that sometimes we hardly see him. Apart from extensive travelling and working late hours, he is focused on dry, often boring, number-crunching assignments that are much more exhausting than any task on my daily itinerary. And to be fair, he does help around the house and occasionally swaps duties as well. However, given the wide range of duties I perform regularly, duties that any other working woman has to perform as well, there is a constant pressure to maximise my time, which is only exacerbated by the desire to do things perfectly (please note: this desire doesn’t concern men at all). That is what we call time poverty.

When compared to part-time working mums, full-time working mums have twice the workload and stress level.

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