Women today are encouraged by the society to have it all—generally, all simultaneously: money, travel, marriage, motherhood, career, and etc. However, doing things sequentially—pursuing/fulfilling a career, education, or various roles one at a time—is the wisest way to do each thing well in its due time and seasons (p 18-19). If a woman work on her various tasks or dreams sequentially, then one day she will have it all.
So, all of you out there, don’t pressure your woman to sing all the verses of her milliard different songs at the same time because she will CRASH!!
Source: Faust, J. E. (1986). A message to my granddaughters: becoming great women. Ensign, Sep, 18-19. http://lds.org/
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It’s really tough to do it sequentially. You can have different priorities at different points in life. But it would be hard to stop doing something to do something else….
I also have problems about this issue, because it’s not like I can find a husband (or somebody who can raise kids together) in just the time and where I’m ready. I feel so much pressure about finding the person and raising kids. I’m also wondering how I can share responsibility about raising kids with the future husband, because it was so clear in my home country (men-work and women-housewives / men-work and women-working part-time), but it is not clear in other cultures. People might say “It just depends on person”, but I’m wondering what way is gonna be fair.
Multitasking has become the norm for both men and women today. As a young woman in this situation, I find that it is possible to juggle work, school, relationships and family & friends. I agree with Kuki about prioritization shifts, but choices made reveal a lot about a person. Time management is of the essence!
I think that trying to do several things at the same time is a cultural as well as a socioeconomic thing. It seems that the more education you get and as your world expands, you are not satisfy with “simply” working but rather you want to accomplish more to fulfill you goals.