Balancing Caregiving & Career: What I Learned from a Year of Working & Caregiving During a Pandemic

By Anne Salgado, Senior Level Customer Care Manager at LogMeIn.  I am a Mother, Wife, Sister, Daughter, Friend, Teacher, Volunteer, Employee and Manager. I feel happy, exhausted, excited, angry, inspired, frustrated, empathetic, and grateful. There are days when I bounce between or merge these roles that lead me to success and other days when I feel as though I struggled to find any success. Vacillating in this way is not something I have easily embraced as I have always committed to giving 100% in every aspect of my life. Yet I have learned in the last year that it is completely reasonable and acceptable to not provide 100% of yourself to everyone or every project every day. And I am now totally okay with it. In this chat, I want you to walk away with: Tips on how to show grace to yourself Strategies on how to support your colleagues and team members during stressful times Knowing how to prioritize your support system and what to do if you don’t have one