I have been a working mom since my son was born. To avoid guilt I worked hard at my career when they are at school or with their dad; and then run around like crazy when they need me. For about 16 years I feel like I was fairly successful at this. I managed to still exercise 5-6 days a week and my house was almost always clean. Then 6 months ago things started to slip. I couldn't do it all. My husband insisted initially that was because I wear myself out and I need to relax more. I feel like my house has not been "clean" since May. I know it seems like such a little problem but I only have the energy for 1 room a day on a day off, which means 2 rooms a week. I can't keep up. My husband tries to help but his idea of clean and my idea of clean are very different. Same with my kids. I am still working full time and I have not missed any of my kids events so I should be happy because that is what is important...but I really want to clean my house!
This has cause me a great deal of stress and guilt in the past 4-5 months.