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Central Washington, family, motherhood, Real Estate, workingmoms, worklife balancePublished August 19, 2025
Juggling Toddlers, Retail Shifts, and Real Estate Dreams
Life with two toddlers is already a full-time job. Add in two part-time jobs on top of that, and some days I feel like I’m running three marathons at once with no finish line in sight.
One of those jobs is in retail, the kind of work that’s steady and pays some bills, but it takes time away from home. The other is in real estate, a business that I’m passionate about, but one that demands time I can barely carve out between diaper changes, nap schedules, and grocery store meltdowns.
Some days, I feel torn in three different directions:
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Mom life: My toddlers need me. They don’t understand deadlines, client calls, or the importance of showing up for a shift. They just know when they want to be held, read to, or comforted.
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Retail shifts: I clock in, do the work, and clock out. It’s dependable but draining, especially when I’d rather be home tucking my kids in or building my real estate business.
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Real estate hustle: This one is the trickiest. Real estate doesn’t pay unless you close a deal. And closing a deal takes time — time to network, time to show homes, time to follow up. Time that feels like it doesn’t exist when your toddlers are tugging at your shirt and calling your name 47 times an hour.
It’s exhausting, yes, but it’s also teaching me things I didn’t expect. I’m learning how to be patient with myself. I’m learning that it’s okay to build slow. I’m learning that “success” doesn’t always look like big commission checks right away, sometimes it looks like putting food on the table and reading llama llama red pajama for the tenth time that day.
One day, I hope my kids will look back and see that Mom didn’t quit. That even when it was messy, even when she was tired, she kept going. Because building a better future for them (and for me) is worth the juggle.
Until then, I’ll keep clocking in, showing up, and holding onto the dream that one day the balance will shift: from survival mode to thriving.
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