ANALYSIS
I may not have achieved the highs I expected to reach with my self-set KRAs, but there has been a tremendous satisfaction of bringing up my two children, says Priyanka Chaturvedi
I have always critically analysed my stint as a mother, and so far, I see myself as a mum from whom much is desired. I am not a perfect mum like many others I see around me. Okay, they are not perfect, but almost close to perfect mums. But even in this imperfect state of motherhood, there were a few rules I had set for myself — you can call them my mommy KRAs. So a performance appraisal of these KRAs is a must, and here goes my story.
The first KRA was to ensure that they stay away from junk food as much as I could get them to, and raise totally non-fussy eaters. My dream was to ensure that when they step out for family meals, all would look at them in awe as they ate brinjal, bitter gourd kind of vegetables smilingly, and make everyone say how good a job I had done as a mum. Did I manage all of this as envisaged? As much as I’d like to gloat about it, it was sadly not to be.
The second KRA was to make them well-behaved, model children — with that I mean they’d do whatever I asked them to do; they would nod their heads in agreement and do it pronto without any dissent. Also, when they went for parties they’d quietly participate in all the activities with a smile and not pick on any fights. Did I reach my goal? What do you think? Yes, I did not.
The third KRA was to curb their exposure to television and video gaming devices — do I even need to say in which direction this KRA was headed to? The fourth KRA, which was also personally the most important to me, was to ensure perfect BMI, perfect health, perfect vision -- in short, a perfect body for both my kids. Recently I realised that I fell short of that too when my son’s teacher asked me to get his eyes checked, as he found it difficult to read the black board. On getting it checked, I realised he would now have to wear high-powered glasses all the time. Yes, on hindsight, I feel I could have concentrated on his diet, curbed his TV viewing hours, not allowed video games, restricted his reading etc — in short, busy cursing myself for not being mommy enough to keep those glasses away.
When I set out to be a mum, I had decided I would only be the best. I set lofty targets for myself. Now I realise that with motherhood there’s nothing like being the best. Yes, you do start out with the best intentions, but then you falter at certain situations and at times you are stronger than what the situation demands. It is not like we come with a built in ‘how-to-be-the-best-mum’ manual. We adapt ourselves as events unfold.
I may not have achieved the highs I expected to reach with these self-set KRAs, but there has been a tremendous satisfaction of bringing up my two children. They have been my biggest teachers and strongest support. Bringing them up has made me believe that even in imperfections like mine there is perfection.
Priyanka Chaturvedi is a media recruitment consultant, full-time mum, part-time social worker, voracious reader and a blogger
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