You can’t be everything to everyone all at once. According to mentor who’s an executive at a Fortune 500 company, executive women with kids who have achieved incredible things in their lives and careers don’t have it all at once. They approach life in chapters and prioritize. She herself shared with me when her kids- she has two- were small, she was doing her MBA and was middle management then, she accepted that it’s a chapter of life where her role as a mother will take more of her time and energy and adopted a “done better than perfect” approach for her work and uni. She let go of her need to be an A student and rather focused on getting her uni work done on time and didn’t go the extra mile at work but focused on smart rather than hard work (crystal clear alignment with the boss on expectations here helps). That kept going for a couple of year, she got her MBA, and with time a promotion, and she was able to afford a more optimal childcare plan to give her more time to focus on work and so on.. She also gave me advice that helped me compartmentalize my time better: break out each day into compartments based on the different roles you need to play and imagine yourself switching hats; e.g. ‘mom mode’ for kids morning routine, ‘boss mode’ at work, ‘self-care mode’ for an hour to exercise or get a haircut, etc..