One Secret to Success as a Working Mom, Pursue Happiness

Greetings from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania! Things have been busy. I am still a working mom of three, working full time who is trying to make a difference. I do a lot of things and try to be present so that I can learn from them. I share them on this blog so that we can learn together. Below are some thoughts, hacks, and/or lessons that I have learned from navigating my world.Pursue Happiness There’s a lot written about in the self-help industry and discussed with therapists about the flaws sof pursuing perfection. Phrases like, “perfect is the enemy of the good” resound. And it has been made abundantly clear that we ought not be pursuing perfection. If that is true, then what should we be pursuing?According to American values, we should be pursuing happiness. Indeed, the Declaration of Independence says this, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”So, perhaps this year, as working moms, we should take a page out of the Founders’ book and pursue happiness—at work, in our personal lives and...