“Getting Back
“Getting Back
on Schedule”
on Schedule”
The Myth of
Every August, I convince myself this will be the year I
create the perfect color-coded schedule. You know
the one — where my children rise like cherubs at 6:30
AM, complete their morning affirmations, and float
out the door with spotless shoes and gratitude
journals tucked neatly into their backpacks.
Meanwhile, I’ll return home, hit my zen playlist, and
crank out a million-dollar business strategy before
lunch.
Cue laugh track.
Here’s what actually happens.
My son can’t find a shoe. Not both — just one. My
daughter decides to experiment with DIY glitter
eyeshadow. The dog vomits something mysterious on
my freshly printed proposal, and someone inevitably
forgets their lunch, leading to a frantic drop-off in my
pajamas and flip flops.
Ah yes, routine.
But here’s the kicker: this is the routine. It’s not
polished or Instagrammable. But it’s real. And in its
own wild way, it works — because we make it work.
That’s the superpower of moms who run businesses
and households. We adapt. We laugh. We rinse the
glitter out of our coffee and keep going.
Entrepreneur Mode: Activated (…After
Drop-Off)
There’s a delicious window of time after drop-off
when the world feels full of possibility. You sit down
at your laptop, inspired, ready to build your empire.
You’ve got coffee. You’ve got ambition. You’ve got
exactly 3 hours before pick-up and 17 tabs open in
your brain.
The hustle is real.