I’m No Superwoman

And I don’t aspire to be.

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I have a ‘superwoman’ friend. Actually, I have a lot of them — mostly on social media. They wake up early. They prepare fresh food for their kids. They attend early morning meetings happily. They keep their houses mess-free. They celebrate all the festivals with cultural rituals. They keep themselves presentable. They follow their passions. They have (successful) side hustles.

There is no end to the things they manage every day.

And being someone who can’t even manage to do one thing properly, their hustle pushes me to question myself. I know social media posts can be deceiving. But I also know there are many women (who may or may not be on social media) doing it all single-handedly — some by choice and some have no other option but to be a superwoman.

I feel jealous of these ‘superwomen by choice’ at times. But somehow it never motivates me to have superwoman aspirations.

defines ‘superwoman syndrome’ as a set of characteristics found in a woman who performs or attempts to perform all the duties typically associated with several different full-time roles, such as wage earner, mother, homemaker, and wife.

In the early years of my motherhood journey, I expected this superwoman energy from myself. But it became…