For those women out there who have gone through the transition to motherhood you will understand how my blog may have been a little neglected in recent months due to demands from a new arrival. My daughter was born in November and is now a blossoming 5 month old so as things are becoming more manageable on the motherhood front I thought it would be a good idea to get writing again ( nap times allowing).
Photo by David Castillo Dominici
Following the birth of my daughter I have been thinking about how this experience can inform or even transform my portfolio working. Some of my meanderings are below:
- Motherhood offers an opportunity to reassess your work priorities and gives you the chance to look at what elements of your portfolio you wish to focus on/or not
- It offers an opportunity to increase your work/time efficiency, getting more done in less time due to baby demands and forcing you to be more economical and/or concise with things
- It can reduce the amount of procrastination in your life as you learn to prioritise things more than ever before
- For those who wish to spend more time in your ‘mother’ role a portfolio of work can be a good opportunity to discover new ways of working to give quality time to your little one and keep contact with the work place.
If this blog article seems a little parent-focused I must add that other critical incidents in peoples’ lives can offer the same opportunities and it’s up to each individual to make these things happen.
One difficulty that may occur when becoming a parent can be time for yourself, I’ve had to find ways to grab it when I can, usually when I am not feeling too tired and I can get the head space. But what made me get back into work-focus recently was seeing an article in the March issue of Psychologies Magazine. This article was all about portfolio working and they have very kindly sent me a pdf version of the article to put on this blog. Please feel free to download to read. It has inspired me to get back on track with my work.
Psychologies Magazine article: Variety Club
My final thought on this post is the question of Child Care. If paid-for childcare must be on specific days (for nurseries and child minders etc) how can this work if some has a range of work which may not necessarily give that kind of structure. I will give this some thought, if anyone has any ideas/suggestions please get in touch. I would love to hear from you. Thank you for reading.
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