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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks for your thoughts so far.  I am not *truly* a workaholic in that I don't work until I'm sick, and I don't think my family life has suffered due to work.  It's more that I get so much of my identity from my work.  I used to have interests outside of work like books,[b] running races,[/b] cooking, and entertaining.  [b]Now I barely make time for minimal exercise [/b]and cooking.  All of my time is taken up by work and my family, but that really doesn't seem very different from most of the working mothers I know.  I definitely live to work rather than working to live.

I am really tempted by the new offer, but I guess I worry that once I downshift career-wise, it's hard to ramp back up in the future if I am unfulfilled at the new job.  And as ashamed as I am to admit it, I take pride in my current job, and I worry that friends and colleagues will perceive the new position as a step down.  Of course that is really stupid, but there it is.[/quote]OP, you're probably doing okay with minimal exercise now but the long term effects of not exercising regularly can really wear you down.  In my forties, I exercised occasionally due to work and family responsibilities but when I started getting back into regular exercise in my 50s, it was pretty tough.  But now that I'm working out regularly, I feel fabulous! I can really see the difference in my personal well-being compared to other people my age.

All this is to say that I spent many years putting off exercise because of how busy I was.  And some of that is unavoidable.  But some of that was just not making it a priority and not understanding how important it was to my well-being.  My advice for younger moms is don't put exercise on the back burner.  As you age, you will feel so much better for the years that you exercised - even if it is only going for a walk every day, it will make a difference.[/quote]

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