Can You Be a Mom and Still Go After Your Dreams? (What to do if you're torn between the two.)
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Oh, mama. I know. The constant dilemma. The mom guilt. Those dreams you had that you were JUST starting to go after before you had kids.
You thought it would be simple - just keep working toward them, right? Kids in tow. They play happily while you seamlessly continue with that dream that has been on your heart for so long.
Or, you imagine that you will gracefully go back to work while the kids are in daycare and there will be a perfect balance between the two.
Sounds like a dream, right?
However, we all know the reality is quite the opposite.
All of a sudden, as a mom, your time is not your own.
Your kids need you constantly. It feels impossible to catch a break. Uninterrupted work time is a distant memory.
Or, maybe you get uninterrupted work time because your kids are in daycare, but you feel constantly torn as you’re dropping the kids off at daycare. Sadness overcomes you every day because you feel like you’re missing out on their sweet moments and you just don’t get enough time with them. You love your career, but you feel like in order to really excel at your job, you have to neglect your responsibilities in motherhood, and in order to excel in motherhood, you have to neglect many of your responsibilities in your career.
All of these conflicting emotions can often lead to resentment and frustration. You might be feeling like motherhood is a distraction from your dreams. Your dreams were there first, right? You want to be the best mom you can be, but you also want your dreams to be important, too.
In this episode of the Mission Motherhood podcast, we uncover why it feels like you’re constantly torn between your dreams and motherhood, what God says about our dreams and our motherhood ministry, and how to posture our hearts so these difficult feelings no longer have to be our reality.
