Having it all?

I got the book "Having it all and making it work" in the hopes that it would contain some type of golden wisdom that would solve all of my work vs stay home with the kids internal
 battles. Sadly, there is of course no holy grail that will tell me exactly how I can really have it all and make it work, but this was a quick flip through read that provided some insightful ideas.

The most useful part of Mills et al's writing for me was the idea that everything comes with a price, including achieving balance in one's life. We have to get balanced by understanding what we are willing to let go of in our lives so that we can make room for what we want most of. Mills encourages the reader to make a list of the top few things that we want in life and a list of things we can let go of. 

Is it possible to keep friends, exercise and family and work on one list? 

He encourages readers to make good choices about the career they choose and see if it fits with family life. He says that we must create balance, it is not going to magically appear on its own. 

I will leave you with a few gems from the book:
Having it all does not mean getting everything you can imagine. It means having a lot of what is important to us. 

We can't possibly be superstars in everything. We are who we are. And we need to be satisfied with that.We must choose to balance those aspects that define who we are -to find and balance the unique combination of wants and needs that is authentically ourselves. We must accept that what we want may not be the same as anyone else, and that is absolutely fine. 
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