The Balancing Act
The Balancing Act is about managing motherhood, work, and a home mid-reno—the mental load, the mess, and the small moments that make it feel okay again. It’s a shift from feeling stretched thin to holding it all a little more steadily, and noticing who you’re becoming along the way.
N.W.
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The Balancing Act
Motherhood, working, renovating.
The constant flow of thoughts, planning, organizing of things that need to be done....deadlines vs priorities.
Balancing the importance of raising two wonderful humans, while running a business, while (literally) building a home around us.
There is a constant ebb and flow of things going through my mind....all the time, and yet at the center of importance, are my children and husband. The work is to support them, the renovations is to house them.
The longer I have been balancing things, the more joy I am finding in it. But it didn't start that way. It started from necessity and the burn out and overwhelm was constant.
I have found that as I find my inner peace amongst the chaos, the more things are settling around me. It's funny, the same amount of work is still there, and yet more and more, I allow the chaos the rush over me...I can't seem to control it...I used to try (and some times I still do). But if I just acknowledge it and let go and allow it to rush over me...like a wave in the ocean...I see the calm at the center and it brings me joy, happiness and inner peace.
I think that's the trick, that's the point...to force that extra time to pause in the midst of the chaos - go for a walk, have a cuppa, just close my eyes and see the beauty in the moment, to breath and know it will all be alright. I am alright. Everything around me will be alright.
Motherhood is crazy, chaotic, hard work and it pulls on every ounce of everything I have....but most of all its worth it.
I have discovered myself in the process and as much as I miss and grieve for the old me, this new me is constantly growing and becoming someone I never thought I would be and more importantly someone I am proud to be. I am looking forward to seeing who I become because of it....perhaps someone I never thought I would be.
About the Author
N.W
A mother of two with a well-worn passport and a love for the kind of travel that doesn’t come with an itinerary, she’s spent years exploring both places and people.
These days, she balances the behind-the-scenes work of a family-run business with the slow, steady process of renovating a home. Once a naturopath, she’s guided by life’s wisdom—something that quietly shapes how she lives, works, and raises her children.
