Balancing a home and work life is very difficult if you do it right. You have no time for yourself. You have to sew after all the cooking, cleaning, bill paying, housework and childcare is done. Homework, bathing, playing with your children, not to mention story time at bedtime really takes it out of you. I had to give up reading books and sewing while my children were little. I was too pooped to make clothes, except pj bottoms. Now that my kids are out of the house and I'm not working, sewing is my priority. Housework comes after my husband and kids (if it even gets done at all) lol