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Podiatry Meetings | Podiatric meetings are our jam.
Let’s get something straight: everyone’s priorities are different and no one gets to decide yours but you.
I’ve never been the Mom who wants to build Legos for six hours straight. I love my kids – deeply, fiercely – but my Lego time limit is about 45 minutes. And you know what? That doesn’t make me less of a mother, a woman, or a human.
Some people unwind with video games. Some escape into gardening or fishing. Me? I love to work. It's been that way since my first full-time job at Barnes & Noble while I was also a full-time college student at UCF.
It’s not a dirty word. It's not a flaw. It's not some character defect I’m trying to fix. It’s joy. It’s purpose. It’s what lights me up.
So why is my ambition any less noble than someone else's fishing hobby? Why is it somehow more “acceptable” to be obsessed with sourdough than with scaling a business?
Newsflash: You get to decide what’s important to you.
And for those who keep asking, “How do you do it all?” I don’t. Not all at once, not without my village, and not without trade-offs. But here's what it looks like in my current season:
I’ve got an 11-month-old, a 10-year-old, and a 15-year-old. Plus a rowdy Weimaraner/Lab.
I homeschool.
I volunteer.
I cook dinner most nights.
I own and manage two businesses in the podiatry industry.
And yes, I still spend time with my kids every single day.
My day starts at 5:30 AM and often ends around 2 or 3 AM.
I steal pockets of time like a raccoon in a vending machine. Emails at sunrise. Deep work during nap time. Homeschool and family in between.
It’s not sustainable forever, and it’s not supposed to be.
But right now? It works. And no one is allowed to guilt me for choosing work that matters to me.
So if you needed permission today to stop apologizing for loving your work, your hustle, your goals?
This is it.
You're not selfish. You're not “too much.”
You're just clear. And that’s powerful.
-Ann Dosen
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