Career v. Family - Can You Have It All Recently I became a first-time mom to a 28-week preemie who is thankfully (now 9 weeks later) out of the hospital intensive care. He’s with my husband and I and though it was hard to be separated from him for so long, we are just now getting to know what it’s like to be working parents.Since were both entrepreneurs, our plan has always been to share childcare responsibilities. We want to be hands-on parents seeing the daily growth and development of our son. However, less than a week into this new reality and already its a challenge to find time for everything.Career versus Family can you really have it all? Ive coached working parents for years and the first step I take them through is to soul search and clarify what having it all means. We talk about the natural shift in priorities that occurs when you have a child and how its okay to have an identity crisis of sorts as you start to measure success by more than just salary and title.If youre unsure about what you really want, start with the end in mind.
er v. Family - Can You Have It All