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Ivy Ge
a book bubble about
The Art of Good Enough
Self-Help
Author Insight
A Mother's Struggle
We have all faced the internal and external pressure to be perfect. The bar is set so high that it's impossible to reach. I advise new parents to focus on one thing at a time. When you become comfortable with that one thing, move on to the next. Celebrate your small wins. We’ll be parents for the rest of our lives. There’s no hurry to get everything done right this very moment. What matters is you love your children and communicate that love. They’ll love you back. Being a new parent is like learning to driving a car. You know all the rules, but there’s constant distractions - other cars zoom in and out of your line of sight, the pedestrians, the traffic lights, and the weather. You have to learn how not to freeze when something unexpected happens. That takes time and experience. Don’t beat yourself up for something you’ve no way of knowing.
Book Excerpt
The Art of Good Enough
Have you ever lain awake wondering if you’re a bad mother? If you’ve done everything you could to keep your children happy, healthy, and to maximize their chances of success? From your in-laws to the women in the park, everyone has a firm grip on what a good mother does, except you. As you listen to your partner snoring away blissfully in the dark, you wonder why you feel like a failure even though you’ve done a million things from dawn to dusk with never a moment of peace. How can your partner sleep like a baby every night, not bothered by the mile-long to-do list for tomorrow? How can he tell you to relax and everything will be okay, when you’re overwhelmed, underappreciated, and terribly lonely?
You’re not alone.
Working mother is the most demanding role in modern society. It demands endless patience, infinite adaptability, and the incredible balancing act of a high-wire walker between the towers of career and motherhood.
Every single day.
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