Chicken Math

I can spend 20 minutes debating the value of a Costco chicken and, in the same afternoon, think about building a really big business.Apparently, both of these things can live in the same brain.This week on 4RYL Talk, we're talking about ambition, motherhood, money, mental load, and the completely ridiculous amount of math women seem to be doing in our heads at all times.Am I spending too much? Am I working too much? Am I with my kids enough? Should I be making more money? Should I volunteer for that thing? Why is May 147 days long? And seriously, is the $10 chicken actually a better deal?After listening to Emma Grede talk unapologetically about ambition, I started thinking about why so many women still feel like we need to explain ours.Because I want more.I want to build something big. I want to make money. I want to have an impact. I want to support small businesses and put money into the hands of real people doing really good work.And I also want to be a present mom.Those things shouldn't cancel each other out.So this episode is less about finding balance and more about admitting that maybe balance is a ridiculous measuring stick in the first place.You can question a $10 chicken, worry about the school calendar, build a business, want more money, love your kids fiercely, occasionally feel like you're failing at all of it, and still keep going.Welcome to chicken math.