From our lovely contributors at This Mom S**t is HARD! Why are moms perpetually tired??
I read an article today titled “Women in midlife aren’t sleeping enough, study says.” Well, no kidding – I’m tired all the time. Who has time to sleep? Of course I was intrigued, so I clicked through – lots of talk about hormones causing the sleep problem. Huh? Okay, I admit, the hormones are probably contributing to the lack of sleep, but trust me they aren’t the reason I’m tired.
So, Why Am I Tired?
If it’s not the hormones, then what is it? Ask any working mom (or any mom in general) and they can tell you. It’s this thing called life. As much as I hate to think I’m in “midlife,” according to this article, I am (as are most of my friends). And our version of midlife involves a bit of controlled(ish) chaos: working, parenting, carpooling, volunteering, side gigs, working out, social directing, taking care of our parents, the list goes on and on. And on and on and on… It’s truly never-ending. And sadly, many times, what gets sacrificed? Yep, sleep! Why? We know we need 7-9 hours a night, we know sleep makes our brains function better, but we also know sleep gets in the way of attending to the million other things that require our attention on a daily basis.
Is work-life balance even a thing?
A while back, the chick from Facebook (Randi Zuckerburg – sorry, I can never remember your name…I’m probably too tired) tweeted about the “entrepreneur’s dilemma,” and it's stuck with me. The gist of her tweet? Of the following five things: work, sleep, family, fitness, or friends….you have to pick three. And therein lies the rub. I don’t want to pick three…I want to pick them all.... Want to the rest of this article? Click here to head on over to This Mom S**t Is HARD and read what else she has to say!