Comments on: Work Life Bliss – How One Woman Made a Career of It http://www.australianwomenonline.com/work-life-bliss-how-one-woman-made-a-career-of-it/ The hub of home-grown inspirational women Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:45:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tania McCartney http://www.australianwomenonline.com/work-life-bliss-how-one-woman-made-a-career-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2609 Tania McCartney Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:51:44 +0000 http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p=17202#comment-2609 Anne - how wonderful to hear a small part of your story... gives the rest of us hope that we can attain some form of Zen in this crazy life! Don't forget to enter AWO's competition to win Emma's hilarious book. Your story would be a perfect entry! Anne – how wonderful to hear a small part of your story… gives the rest of us hope that we can attain some form of Zen in this crazy life!

Don’t forget to enter AWO’s competition to win Emma’s hilarious book. Your story would be a perfect entry!

]]> By: Anne Clarke http://www.australianwomenonline.com/work-life-bliss-how-one-woman-made-a-career-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2608 Anne Clarke Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:33:34 +0000 http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p=17202#comment-2608 Tania, thank you for introducing us to such an interesting resource. I look forward to learning more about Emma Grey. I think we all have our "a ha moment" at different times. The trick is to notice it and get the message. Your post brought the hilarious memory of mine right back to mind. At the time I was still a practicing attorney with three children under 4. I found myself, late one afternoon, racing between the home office (back of the house) and the kitchen (right in the front). My task was to simultaneously proofread and print the final, court-ready copy of a brief due that afternoon and put the finishing touches on my daughter's elaborate, 3 dimensional birthday cake complete with multi-colored frosting. Looking back I do not have the slightest clue why these two tasks had to be done in the same moment. I do know that I was conducting this race after my childcare had left for the day. And that to get from the office to the kitchen I had to literally hop and skip over all 3 children playing in the family room with tiny toys spread all over the floor. Think major obstacle course with little pieces and live moving little people! I'm a coach now and, like Emma, go back to that story frequently to share with my clients and audiences the moment I knew I had to make a change for the better. I feel lucky now not just to do work that I love that allows me to live my life but also to have put that crazy freneticism behind me. I wish you continued success getting to the same spot. It is worth it -- really. Tania, thank you for introducing us to such an interesting resource. I look forward to learning more about Emma Grey. I think we all have our “a ha moment” at different times. The trick is to notice it and get the message. Your post brought the hilarious memory of mine right back to mind.

At the time I was still a practicing attorney with three children under 4. I found myself, late one afternoon, racing between the home office (back of the house) and the kitchen (right in the front). My task was to simultaneously proofread and print the final, court-ready copy of a brief due that afternoon and put the finishing touches on my daughter’s elaborate, 3 dimensional birthday cake complete with multi-colored frosting. Looking back I do not have the slightest clue why these two tasks had to be done in the same moment. I do know that I was conducting this race after my childcare had left for the day. And that to get from the office to the kitchen I had to literally hop and skip over all 3 children playing in the family room with tiny toys spread all over the floor. Think major obstacle course with little pieces and live moving little people!

I’m a coach now and, like Emma, go back to that story frequently to share with my clients and audiences the moment I knew I had to make a change for the better. I feel lucky now not just to do work that I love that allows me to live my life but also to have put that crazy freneticism behind me.
I wish you continued success getting to the same spot. It is worth it — really.

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