@LadiesofHive Community Contest #294 questions for the week are:

1️⃣ How do you balance your responsibilities to your family, career, and yourself?
~ 𝐀𝐍𝐃 / 𝐎𝐑 ~
2️⃣ What does being a responsible woman mean to you in today's world?

At this stage of life where I am I do not have much of responsibilities. My Son has grown up; I do not work in a full-time job and I live with my hubby as an expat in another Country. With all of this on the family front, my responsibilities are limited. At the same time, sometimes there is so much on my plate that I am unable to manage. I do not work in a full-time job, I am not time bound, that is one advantage for me. I can manage my time and responsibilities juggling around my day. I do not have any set routine on a day-to-day basis, each day I have things to do, which I plan on the previous day evening of how I am going to spend my time. For the day to day house work like cleaning and cooking I have help, so again it does not weigh me down.

Saying all this, it has never been like this all through my life. There was a time when I was out of home for my job for 12 hours and my son was young then, so once home I had to attend to him. Thankfully in that time I lived with my Mother-in-law and she was of great help to me. She took care of the home, and my son during my absence. I do not know if I balanced it very well but yes, I gave all my time to my Son while I was home and over the weekends and he never felt that he was ignored in any way. My office was near to his school, so if there were any meeting or short events, I would take some time off attend it and then again get back to work. I was always there for him. As far as home was concerned, I had left on my mother-in-law and helpers. I could not be a superwomann who could do it all. Then there were times when I would do work from home if required. In this way everything was taken care off.

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In this new world, a woman's responsibility is much more than what it used to be probably 3 to 4 decades back. In that time most of the women did not work and only managed homes, which made it easier for them. But now majority of the women are working and to manage family and home with work is a big task. Working hours are also long and a woman has to keep making sure she is reaching out everywhere as needed. In all of this, she forgets to take care of her own needs. Being a responsible woman in today's world is like taking care of others and of self as well, which can sometimes be unrealistic.

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