"I just don't," Schwab Pomerantz says.<br /><br />Question: How do you manage the work/life balance? <br /> <br />Carrie Schwab: I always tell people, when they ask me how do I manage work or life balance, I just don't. It is really difficult. And it ebbs and flows. And sometimes my husband has to remind me of when I am doing a little bit too much. I could feel it internally when I am doing too much. <br />I guess I consider myself a little ADD [attention deficit disorder]. I love new things, trying on new challenges. <br />I actually work four days a week. But I really mentally work seven days a week. Again, I have got my BlackBerry, my laptop, my cell phone. <br />Having girl friends are really important to me; I hike almost every Friday with them. So, I get my exercise and my social time. <br />I am at every game with all of my kid's softball games and basketball games; I make that key priority. <br />And of course my husband and I walk every Saturday and Sunday in Mount Tamalpais; that it is our time to reconnect. <br />I am also on multiple boards. I am trying to pair back right now. <br />I'm thinking my kids are growing up so fast and everyone at least tells you that and you think "yeah, yeah, yeah," but now that my oldest is a freshmen in college, I really got it. <br />There is plenty of time to do great things. So, it is a process. I take on too much and then I say "Oh! My god what I get myself into, pare back. So it ebbs and flows. <br /> <br />Recorded on: March 27, 2008<br /><br />Question: How do you manage the work/life balance? <br /> <br />Carrie Schwab: I always tell people, when they ask me how do I manage work or life balance, I just don't. It is really difficult. And it ebbs and flows. And sometimes my husband has to remind me of when I am doing a little bit too much. I could feel it internally when I am doing too much. <br />I guess I consider myself a little ADD [attention deficit disorder]. I love new things, trying on new challenges. <br />I actually work four days a week. But I really mentally work seven days a week. Again, I have got my BlackBerry, my laptop, my cell phone. <br />Having girl friends are really important to me; I hike almost every Friday with them. So, I get my exercise and my social time. <br />I am at every game with all of my kid's softball games and basketball games; I make that key priority. <br />And of course my husband and I walk every Saturday and Sunday in Mount Tamalpais; that it is our time to reconnect. <br />I am also on multiple boards. I am trying to pair back right now. <br />I'm thinking my kids are growing up so fast and everyone at least tells you that and you think "yeah, yeah, yeah," but now that my oldest is a freshmen in college, I really got it. <br />There is plenty of time to do great things. So, it is a process. I take on too much and then I say "Oh! My god what I get myself into, pare back. So it ebbs and flows. <br /> <br />Recorded on: March 27, 2008
