Next month I’m turning the BIG 4-0…I can’t say I’m very “zen” with it – not because of my actual age – but that everything around me seems to be “shutting down” at a time when my world should be “opening up.”

In January 2007, our au pair arrived – we were both dazed ….she from jet lag and one week of orientation in NYC, which I was sure included plenty of nightlife and I in shock that some person was coming into my home. I mean – did she even really know how to take care of kids???   I was no stranger to child care – after all my daughter was in daycare at 6 months.  But I’m a business owner – never one to even think I’m a qualified stay at home mom – so work was a must.  Ironically, my company focuses on work-life/flexibility solutions!!

by Robin Roschke, CTO and COO for FlexPaths
Recently, I had drinks with a co-worker and we were commenting about the incredible length of the Democratic primary. But after we vented about our own particular views - we did circle back and take notice that a woman and an African American were running for the Presidential nomination.” To think that 40 years ago, African American youth were attending separate schools and women were only supposed to be teachers and nurses. I think I've been so caught up in the detail statistics (and the price of gas) that I neglected to take notice of just how far we have come.

We have more options and choices today on EVERYTHING. Both sides of the work-life equation have a tremendous number of variables. Every day is a rebalancing act requiring that each of us have an incredible sense of honesty about our personal vision/aspirations to even get started.