A lot of times, people say, 'My work didn't suffer with family.' I would go a step further: My career only flourished upon having children. It got better.
Luckily because I had a family and children, my priorities changed. I mean, I'm very passionate about my work but I have other interests and other things that balance my life.
I know people who have literally quit their jobs to spend more time with their children, and I go, 'Wow,' my dad used to go to work at 7 o'clock in the morning and he'd come back at 7:30 and we'd kind of see him walk in and then he'd go upstairs and suddenly he'd be in a T-shirt and grumpy. There wasn't much in the way of conversation that went on.
I've always tried to fit what I do professionally into my family, rather than the other way around.
The women that inspire me are the ones who have careers and children; why would I want to limit myself? I've always wanted to have children, and I would never give up that experience for a career. I want to have it all.
Never bite off so much in your job that you can't spend a lot of time with your family.
Balancing family and work is a top priority for me, and I treat it as such. Meaning, I actually put specific family time and events in my calendar so that precious time is dedicated and properly blocked off from any work that may try to sneak its way into my schedule.
My family responsibilities don't conflict with my career. Not at all.
I had the luxury of skipping the cabinet meeting to attend my daughter's graduation. So many people don't have the luxury of taking an hour away from the workplace to attend indispensable family commitments. We have to change that dynamic.
I like working. But now I have a deal with my wife that I take a half-day off each week.
No parent should have to choose between their job and caring for their child, and no person should miss valuable moments with their loved ones because of work.
When I am not working, my family are the most important.
You can have more than one career, but you only have one family.
I don't attend parties. After the day's shoot, I go home and spend time with my family. I never take my work home, and neither do I involve my family in work.
One thing I've learned in politics—you have to make time for your family, no matter how busy you are.
I think the main thing that I've learned while working on 'Let's Stay Together' is how to balance mommyhood and working.
I definitely love to work, and I'm loving being a mommy, so I'd like to try to balance both.
I love being a mum but I do love to work too.
When I'm at work, I want to be with my daughter, and when I'm with my daughter, I probably should be working, and it just is what it is.
I'm trying to have a family and a career.
I just try to go to work, and concentrate on coming home to my girls.
I only do two things in my life, and that's take care of my kids and work. Fortunately, these are my favorite things to do, so it works out.
I'm nearly always at home at the weekends; that's important for every working woman today, not just me. I don't encourage people to come in at the weekend and work; I encourage people to go home and create great families.
I pretty much live about 10 minutes from my office. I have two kids, and I have about 8 projects that I'm working on, so I basically just get up and go to work, and go home every night and play with my kids, so I don't really know.
Through my whole career, that's been a major thing - bringing my family with me.
