Work, Work, Work, all day long.......

While on Christmas break, I had to make a tough decision. Knowing what the upcoming months at work could be like, I finally made the decision to go part-time at the first of January. I had already discussed it with my performance partner before Christmas and finally made it official upon my return from Christmas break. We had to literally list out all our bills to see if we could actually afford me taking a 25% paycut. Ughhh, it hurts to even type it. L In my profession, especially this time of year, they can only be so flexible. We are of course, providing a client service, so their needs ultimately come before ours, generally speaking. Going 75%, a few adjustments were made to my client load and it gave me more leverage to work from home in the evenings and on weekends, rather than being at the office until 10pm. It definitely has its days; some are crazier than others. I haven’t quite made my mind up yet, if taking a 25% paycut is worth still putting in 55 hours for the week. They say it evens out during the ‘non-busy times’, so I’ll reserve judgment until then. Since this is my first year as a manager and a new mom, I kinda have a double-whammy against me. It’s definitely been the toughest so far. New clients, new partners, new staff, new responsibilities, oh and that family of mine at home. I have been surprised at certain people who have been more supportive in my work/life balance initiative than I would have originally thought, so that’s nice.