All over my feed right now, there are discussions about the she-cession, women leaving the workforce in droves and what companies can and should be doing to keep them. There are talks of driving flexibility into the workplace, allowing them to get more done, paying them more so they can hire additional help, putting in systems and processes that allow them to do more and give more…and something hit me today. What if we were spending just as much effort helping women believe that their best effort right now, is exactly perfect? That they don’t have to be telling themselves that they aren’t enough or that they need to do more than they are capable of in this moment right here.
I’m not saying these other things won’t be helpful or to abandon the ideas to create and grow our work environments at all. What I am suggesting is that, in addition to creating better work environments, we need to give people the tools to change their beliefs and too many of us women are walking around thinking that no matter what we do and how much we give, we can always give more. We need to be taught how to accept what we’re doing with open arms, knowing that we give to the best of our abilities in any given moment and that is enough. That WE are enough, right here in this moment.
Even when we are late to a work call because we are helping our child who is having a meltdown over his math test during virtual school, we are worthy.
Even when the dishes are piled up in our kitchen sink, we are worthy.
Even when our teammates chip in to take a project over the finish line, while we are having to run off and pick our kids up from school, we are worthy.
Even on the days when all our shortcomings seem to be hanging out for all the world to see, we are worthy.
And…
Even when we choose to hire help, so we take a few hours for self-care instead, we are worthy.
How much energy would we have, to create what we want in life, if we simply allowed ourselves to believe that everything we are doing, in this moment, is enough?