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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH and I were both promoted in our jobs over the past year, which is great.. except our promotions came with much bigger workloads. I always worked long hours really, but in the past DH’s job was much more flexible but now he is generally working from 8am to 9pm with a quick break for dinner some nights. Much of his day is spent in meetings he needs to attend, even in the evenings. My job is extremely demanding but a bit more flexible and I am usually ON from 9-5:30 and then go back on around 8pm when the kids are in bed and work for 2-3 hours.

The problem is that now I have 2 full time jobs - day job and kids/house - with minimal help from DH. This feels really unsustainable in the long run because o am at the end of my rope. My days consist of waking up, getting kids (2 and 6) dressed and fed, taking older one to school, working all day, dinner prep/cook/clean, kids baths, bedtime craziness, back to work until 10/11pm, clean house until way too late, repeat. This doesn’t even include grocery shopping, coordinating everyone’s schedules and appointments, school projects, and so much more which also always falls on me.

We already have a full time nanny who works from 8:30-5:30pm daily and a cleaning lady once per week so I do outsource what I can. What more can I do to make life easier? I try to make really easy meals but nothing is under and hour with prep and clean up.

How do others who have crazy work schedules and demands like this do it? I am so burnt out but we need the income so me leaving my job really isn’t an option.[/quote]

You get someone to do cleaning more often and/or get more childcare (same nanny, if possible, someone else if not), that way whatever time you get with your children is quality time (that doesn't mean just fun, but it does mean time focused on them, not housework).[/quote]

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