She worked full-time, went to school, and ran the household. That extra time in the morning, when the house is quiet and your mind is fresh, allows you to complete tasks and arrive at work feeling like you have already accomplished something. While the demands of career and family may occasionally feel overwhelming, it is critical that you take care of yourself. If your health fails, it is a stress on the entire family. I look at myself as being in training all the time for the tasks I must accomplish as a mother, wife, physician, researcher, educator.
Family vacations are also essential and can be very healing.
Maintain a sense of humor. I have observed that the most frustrating or irritating situations at work or home, when reframed, can also be the funniest. Sometimes, at home, the kids or my husband are grouchy and whiny, and no one listens to anything I say. At these moments, it is heartening to go to work, where I get a little respect, I have some control over things, and I write orders and someone follows them. Sometimes things don't go well at work.