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Inspiration March 30, 2020
We all want to be the working women that the world so desperately needs, right?
But what about our relationships? What if we want a family? What about our hobbies and passions? Is there room for those, too?
The short answer is: YES!
Even the busiest and most famous women manage to balance their careers with their personal responsibilities. No matter what other focuses you have outside of work, check out these work-life balance quotes from famous women across careers on how to navigate your many responsibilities.
For many years, Australia’s sweetheart and daughter of the late Steve Irwin juggled her relationship with her long-time boyfriend, now husband, Chandler Powell, her work at her family’s zoo, and at one point, her participation on “Dancing with the Stars.” Not only that, but Powell was across the world in Florida!
For Irwin, the most important thing she did to maintain her relationship in light of all of her work responsibilities was to write her feelings down and share them with her boyfriend – sometimes even via snail mail!
“I am one of those old fashioned people and I love to write,” she shared in an interview with Entertainment Tonight.
“So, I write a lot. Like, handwrite letters. I write lots and lots of letters.”
In January 2018, Powell moved to Australia to live with Irwin and her family, but she still makes sure to tell him what he means to her and often posts sweet messages and photos on social media whenever they celebrate a relationship milestone, including their recent nuptials.
Former first lady Michelle Obama is still incredibly busy, even after finishing her time as America’s leading lady. Last year, she published a memoir titled, “Becoming” and went on a book tour to promote it. She continues to travel the world, inspiring everyone she meets along the way.
In an interview with Money.com, Obama shared how she balanced everything successfully while in the White House.
“Starting every year, before I booked anything, agreed to any meetings or conferences, we’d sit down with my assistant and we looked at our lives first,” she said.
“We put potlucks in there, we put date nights in there, I put my workouts, we put our vacations on the calendar first, we put sports things and summers. We planned that out first, and then what was left would be left for work.”
She also shared that part of the problem lies in corporate culture.
“Even when you schedule your family, there’s still plenty of time for work, but we don’t plan like that. We let work inundate everything. We have to start setting the priority of allowing people to put their lives before their work.”
Entrepreneur (and author of a new book!) Melinda Gates recently spoke to USA TODAY about how she has balanced work and her family. The key? Making sure every family member does their part.
“I think people must think, ‘Oh well, Melinda must not really have equality with Bill.’ Actually, I have total equality with Bill. But it took a while for us to get there,” she said.
She shared in the interview that every night after dinner, her family members used to get up and go, leaving her to deal with all of the last-minute cleaning. One day she got fed up with it – and what came next was a quote sassy enough for the books.
“We stood up after dinner and people in the family started to melt away, like, off they go upstairs. So hand on my hips, I’m, like, ‘Nobody leaves the kitchen until I leave the kitchen!’“
That incident sparked the journey that led to the success that is Gates’s marriage to this day. She and her husband, Bill, have been married for 25 years and they are able to split life’s tasks equally, both at home and in their business ventures.
Married to fellow “Dancing with the Stars” pro, Maks Chmerkovskiy, Murgatroyd gave birth to her son Shai in 2017. Afterward, she still worked as a professional dancer on the show and went on tour that summer with her husband and brother-in-law, Val. And she hasn’t stopped working since.
In an interview with Parade.com, Murgatroyd said that successfully balancing the many responsibilities in her life comes down to one thing: scheduling.
“I have to definitely schedule my day in a different way now,” she said, “This is something that I had to get used to because Shai [her son] comes first. So there is a lot of scheduling.”
She also mentioned the importance of having your family keep you grounded when things get overwhelming.
“My family is key. It’s where I’m happiest. The best thing is to stay humble and grounded with everything that’s happening around you.”
Currently, the highest-paid actress on television, Sofia Vergara has plenty going on in her life. Aside from starring in ABC’s “Modern Family”, she has taken on many other acting jobs and runs multiple fashion lines. On top of all of that, she is married to actor Joe Manganiello, whom she tied the knot back in 2015.
How does she do it all? She spilled her secret to success in an interview with Entertainment Tonight.
“I think the important thing that I have learned [about balancing work and family] is that you have to learn how to delegate. You can’t do everything yourself. You have to surround yourself with people you know can help you. To pay someone’s salary, it’s an investment so you can do more things, so you can trust people to help you do all the things you want.”
She also noted that her husband is incredibly supportive of her business ideas and creative spirit.
“He loves that I love to work, that I love to be creative, that I’m always planning my ventures, that I’m always excited about work and about business.”
The quotes from these women are just snapshots of the wealth of wisdom they have to offer on how to balance work and life. They are living examples that it is indeed possible – so, ladies, go out and conquer the world!
