http://startupprincess.com/how-to-manage-mom-envy/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:09:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://startupprincess.com/how-to-manage-mom-envy/comment-page-1/#comment-2062 startupprincess Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:39:31 +0000 http://startupprincess.com/wordpress/how-to-manage-mom-envy/#comment-2062 Thanks for sharing, Jamie! It's hard to be "Mom of the Year" and "Mom Entrepreneur of the Year" in summer isn't it? ;) I think you have the right idea to slow down a bit in August...I'm taking it easy myself right now. Setting less deadlines, creating less expectations for myself...trying to be available to take the kids to the park, etc. more. Thanks for sharing, Jamie! It’s hard to be “Mom of the Year” and “Mom Entrepreneur of the Year” in summer isn’t it? I think you have the right idea to slow down a bit in August…I’m taking it easy myself right now. Setting less deadlines, creating less expectations for myself…trying to be available to take the kids to the park, etc. more.

]]> http://startupprincess.com/how-to-manage-mom-envy/comment-page-1/#comment-2061 Jamie Lentzner Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:38:26 +0000 http://startupprincess.com/wordpress/how-to-manage-mom-envy/#comment-2061 Oh gosh Mom-envy! Summer is the worst time of the year for me...either my other Mom friends are on vacation or doing some fabulous event with their children. During the school year I feel that I can wing it - since they are in school all day - summer my kids are in camp, while I work. I am taking it easy in August though, I am going to be Mom of the Year...if even for just a few days :). Great Post! Oh gosh Mom-envy! Summer is the worst time of the year for me…either my other Mom friends are on vacation or doing some fabulous event with their children. During the school year I feel that I can wing it – since they are in school all day – summer my kids are in camp, while I work. I am taking it easy in August though, I am going to be Mom of the Year…if even for just a few days . Great Post!

]]> http://startupprincess.com/how-to-manage-mom-envy/comment-page-1/#comment-2036 startupprincess Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:07:46 +0000 http://startupprincess.com/wordpress/how-to-manage-mom-envy/#comment-2036 Great comments, Fairy Godmother Deborah...thanks so much for taking time to share your thoughts on this topic...I was beginning to wonder if I was the only Start Up Princess that suffers from "mom envy!" ;) For many of us being organized is the sacrifice we make for being busy with our businesses, etc. but, I'm learning from professional momeorganizer, Sue Olson, new Start Up Princess member that I don't have to choose...like I have been doing, that I can make small goals each week that make a difference and then maybe just maybe I'll get on top of my pile of mail, etc.! And if not...well then, I'll make peace that today I visited with grandparents, took my kids to the park, delivered a plasma tv to a client and checked my email. Great comments, Fairy Godmother Deborah…thanks so much for taking time to share your thoughts on this topic…I was beginning to wonder if I was the only Start Up Princess that suffers from “mom envy!” For many of us being organized is the sacrifice we make for being busy with our businesses, etc. but, I’m learning from professional momeorganizer, Sue Olson, new Start Up Princess member that I don’t have to choose…like I have been doing, that I can make small goals each week that make a difference and then maybe just maybe I’ll get on top of my pile of mail, etc.! And if not…well then, I’ll make peace that today I visited with grandparents, took my kids to the park, delivered a plasma tv to a client and checked my email.

]]> http://startupprincess.com/how-to-manage-mom-envy/comment-page-1/#comment-2034 Deborah Gardner One Heart Bulgaria Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:21:21 +0000 http://startupprincess.com/wordpress/how-to-manage-mom-envy/#comment-2034 I love your posts on "mom" issues! I watched the little video and really enjoyed it. I think we moms definitely DO value the talent of being organized. When a mother is organized, it shows (either in the cleanliness of her home, her well-thought out meals, her punctuality, or with her put-together-ness in general) and it seems like she just has everything in life in order. I DO envy that talent and strive to develop it, but truly, I don't think I will ever master it. However, there are other talents and skills we mom's can value, any one of which makes you a great mom, such as: reading to your child at night, taking them to church on Sundays, volunteering in their classrooms, controlling your temper, loving their daddy and treating him right, teaching them to serve others in need, helping them to learn how to work hard in the yard, etc. Any mom that does any one of those things (or other things) is also a great mother!!! Being organized and having a clean home isn't the half of it! I love your posts on “mom” issues! I watched the little video and really enjoyed it. I think we moms definitely DO value the talent of being organized. When a mother is organized, it shows (either in the cleanliness of her home, her well-thought out meals, her punctuality, or with her put-together-ness in general) and it seems like she just has everything in life in order. I DO envy that talent and strive to develop it, but truly, I don’t think I will ever master it. However, there are other talents and skills we mom’s can value, any one of which makes you a great mom, such as: reading to your child at night, taking them to church on Sundays, volunteering in their classrooms, controlling your temper, loving their daddy and treating him right, teaching them to serve others in need, helping them to learn how to work hard in the yard, etc. Any mom that does any one of those things (or other things) is also a great mother!!! Being organized and having a clean home isn’t the half of it!

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