Ayda Field Quotes

As a working mum, it's really hard to find time in the day to just relax and take a break. I am constantly on the go.

There isn't a spare minute in the day. I have spent my life doing everything. I work. I go home. I do the shopping. I cook. Then there's the laundry and the dog. Most of my life, I have been a working mother. And even when I wasn't, I still did it all.

I try to balance it out on the whole. Being a mum is always the priority. Next, it's taking care of yourself. Right now, I get to only work two days a week - it's a dream. I can't imagine how hard it is for mothers who work 40 hours a week.

The balancing act of motherhood and a career, and being a wife, is something that I don't think I'll ever perfect, but I love the challenge of it.

I honestly wondered how on earth I would manage to combine work and motherhood.

I have a sense of urgency, of time. I am a woman and am always running between work, doctors' appointments, school meetings, filling up the fridge, then going back to work. Like everyone who combines professional and family life, I am always doing several things at the same time.

I'm a hockey coach and a single mother of two who commutes. I don't watch TV. I watch news, and that's it!

Of course having a baby derails the writing process for some time. And I will be the first to say that I have essentially no social life, because there's just nothing left after being a mom, professor, and writer. I used to be big into rock climbing. No more. A lot falls by the wayside.

I feel like I'm one of the many working mothers. And I only have one child. I know working mums who have three or four. It's definitely a challenge but it's a wonderful challenge to be able to do both.

Now, I have a kid, I have businesses to take care of, I have to travel. I have to sit down... and find a little time for me.

I always say, one way to connect with a working mother is to ask her what she has done before work that day!

We are all trying to balance our careers and children and give as much of ourselves and our time to them. You work and have a husband, and projects, and friends. It is a balancing act.

I find I'm the sort of harried working mother who has difficulty scheduling in a bit of rest amid the Ptolemaically complicated interlocking gears of professional and personal life.

I'm like any working mom.

Working moms, stay at home moms, they're both extremely hard jobs.

My life often feels like a whirling dervish of kids, writing, speaking, and pastoral ministry.

I'm a mom - I'm lucky if I get to shower in the morning. Luckily, nail polish stays on my toes. I've been so bad on the upkeep, though.

For women of my generation, it was the 'juggling act.' Jobs, marriage, children, homes, and aging parents were the balls we added, tossing them in the air as our lives filled up and praying they wouldn't come crashing down on our heads.

I have a big life, a small child, I work, I do a lot of things, so I'm often playing catch-up with what's current.

Being a mom is hard, I think a lot of working moms feel that way.

On a piece of prose, you have to work at least six hours a day. I don't know how you can do that and teach and raise a kid and paint the house.

When I was a new mom, I used to think that life was going to be balanced, and I strived for that. But life is crazy!

For me, juggling mommyhood and work is a challenge, but each day I learn little tricks to make it all come together.

It's hard to balance work and family.

I was writing and I have three kids. I was occupying my time with them but it was difficult.