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I always tell people when they ask me, how do I manage work life, whereas I just don't. It's really difficult and its ebbs and flows, and sometimes my husband has to remind me when I am doing a little bit too much and I could feel internally when I am doing too much. I guess I can sit on myself a little ADD; I love new things, trying on new challenges.

So I do actually 4 days a week, but I really mentally work 7 days a week. Again I have got my BlackBerry, I have got my laptop, I have got my cell phone; having girlfriends are really important to me. I hike almost every Friday with them so I would get my exercise and my social time, I am in every game with -- all my kid softball games and basketball games and make that a key priority. And of course, my husband and I, we walk every Saturday and Sunday at Mount Tamalpais and that's our time to reconnect.

I am also on multiple boards. I am trying to pair back right now. And think -- you know what my kids are growing up so fast and everyone always tells you that and you think yeah, yeah, yeah. But now that I have one kid, my oldest is a freshman in college; I really get it. And there is plenty of time to do great things. So it's a process, I take on too much and then if I say, oh my god, what did I get myself into, pair back.

I always tell people when they ask me, how do I manage work life, whereas I just don't. It's really difficult and its ebbs and flows, and sometimes my husband has to remind me when I am doing a little bit too much and I could feel internally when I... click to read more