Diwali Planning for Working Mothers: what went wrong at Holi and what I’m changing
A weekend-only Diwali plan for working mothers: a schedule, a ChatGPT prompt, a checklist and a grocery list. This Holi, I faced four unexpected problems at once, and they made my festival terrible. I had planned to make dahi vada, malpua and aloo puri…
I Let AI Plan My Grocery List for a Month — It Broke One Habit I Didn’t Expect
Last Sunday, I opened the pantry and found three packets of cashews. I had forgotten I already had two. I buy in bulk and think I’ll use them if I put things away “for later.” Then, a few weeks pass, and I buy the same thing again because…
71% of the Mental Load Is Mine. I Tried Giving Some to AI.
Mothers carry 71% of the mental load, research shows. I handed a week of mine to AI to see what it could actually take off my plate. I saw a video going viral on social media where a mother says she asked ChatGPT to be her co-parent and it now handles…
She Turned Me Into Someone I Never Planned to Be. Today, We Both Launch.
Welcometo PraBeacon! I had no idea what motherhood actually meant until August 2022, when I first took her in my lap. Nobody tells you that a tiny human will break you open and put you back together in the same five minutes. Today, four years…
Managing a Full-Time Career and Two Kids Under 5: What Nobody Tells You
There’s a version of working motherhood that looks manageable from the outside. The children are dressed on time. Breakfast happens without anyone crying. Mum starts work on schedule, finishes on time, cooks a proper dinner, spends meaningful time…
What I’m Unlearning as a Working Mom of Two
For a long time, I thought personal growth meant adding something like a new skill, a better routine, more discipline, a smarter way to manage my time. Then I had children. Eventually, I became a mother of two who was also trying to keep working.…
The Baby Tracking Apps I Actually Use as a Mom of Two
There was a point when I realised I was trying to remember too much. When did the baby last feed? How long did she sleep? Was that diaper change before or after her nap? Did someone already give her medicine? And on the more chaotic days: did she…
How I Actually Work From Home With a Toddler — No Nanny, No Perfect Routine
Before you begin, this is a working mother narrating how work actually happens, not a productivity expert promising that the right routine makes childcare and full-time work effortless. Can you really work from home with a toddler and no childcare? Yes!…
5 AI Tools I Use Every Day as a Working Mom
Five AI tools made the cut: ChatGPT, a meeting assistant, a family organizer app, a dictation tool, and a meal-planning tool. One “do-everything” family AI app got deleted after three weeks. I didn’t decide to use these 5 AI tools or…
