The Mental Load is Real: How to Stop Managing Your Life and Start Designing It
If you have ever laid in bed at 11:00 PM mentally reviewing school permission slips, birthday RSVPs, and the exact state of the milk in the fridge, all while wondering if you are forgetting something important, you know the mental load.
It is the invisible weight of being the person in charge of everything for everyone else.
Most moms tell themselves that they will focus on their own dreams once things calm down. But we have lived enough life to know the truth: things never calm down. If we wait for the perfect time to reclaim who we are, we will be waiting forever…