Schools out for Summer - A need for autonomous working
Oh, the tug-of-war, and the school break-up! Doesn't it just feel like we're all trying to patchwork our lives into a system that just wasn't made for us anymore? It's like trying to fit a beautifully unique, round peg into a stubbornly square hole, and honestly, it leaves us feeling a little bruised and definitely exhausted.
Tug a war between parents and children.
Think about it: the traditional 40-hour, five-day work week? That goes way back to the 1920s, cooked up by Henry Ford for factory workers. It was all about how many hours you clocked, assuming one parent (usually Dad) was out earning, and the other (typically Mum) was at home, keeping everything running. And schools? Their schedules still echo 19th-century farming summers, with those long breaks for farm work.
Fast forward to 2025. Here we are, so many of us trying to juggle two full-time careers and raise our precious children—some of mine are now in their 20s, then a teen, a pre-teen, and even middle childhood—all while sticking to these incredibly outdated structures. It’s no wonder we're feeling burned out and caught in an endless cycle of demands with too many brain tabs open. The guilt of not being "enough" in any area, I know that feeling deeply.
