A Woman’s Debate
Maybe it’s just me or maybe it’s because I’m married, but as a woman in my mid twenties I feel like there is constantly the question of how I will manage my future. What do I want from my life? Do I want to be a powerful career woman? Do I want to take a few years off to stay home with kids? Do I want to skip all of that to do something that I’m really passionate about? Even big websites are telling me that I can’t have it all! Sometimes I’m just so envious of the women who know what they want their futures to look like. Whatever the answer, I’m fascinated by women who have this all figured out and are happy with their choices.
Recently I went to a networking event and one of the women speaking had twin two year-old boys. She told us the story of how she was on bed rest for the last three months of her pregnancy. Every day her husband brought her zero gravity chair to work. Every day she worked from a reclining position. Eventually she went into labor—while she was on a conference call. AND THEN she called the group back on the way to the hospital!!! Eventually, her husband told her that she should really tell them what was going on.
I listened to this story and thought, “Wow that’s amazing, but that’s not at all what I want!” As much as I want to listen to others, I know that this is something that I have to decide for myself. I hear som many different messages coming at me from every angle. I don’t have the answers to what that future will look like and who may or may not be in it, but hopefully I will sometime. In the meantime, I guess I’ll keep this strange fascination with the women who know.
