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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no easy answer to this OP. Like you I am very ambitious and love my job, chose to prioritize staying in an important role over mommy tracking. The truth is my relationship with my kids (2) suffered, and I’m starting to see the long term impact of that more and more. Yes, I am jealous of friends who mommy tracked and remained more involved and emotionally engaged in their kids lives, at least those I know who did this enjoy closer relationships with their kids even after they went to college. But I also have to be honest with myself, I would have been miserable to mommy track and feel like I could not fulfill my potential in my work. [/quote]

I’m very similar to this PP. I chose advancing at work and career success. I was working 70+ hours through two pregnancies. While not healthy, my job is how I define my success. I have never mommy-tracked and have had very large roles as the mother to young children. Unfortunately these roles were in the White House and as a senior appointee at the State Department so they didn’t come with the money to outsource. I work up very early (4am) to exercise and do personal tasks and was out the door by 7 for meetings that began before 8. I haven’t regretted it but I do have to put blinders on and just plow through each day. (I also have a helpful DH who works a normal 45 hour a week office job). [/quote]

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