It's Telework Week, a nationwide effort dedicated to encouraging organizations and individuals to pledge to workshift. While this week makes it especially easy for me to workshift, I've had the fortunate situation to be able to do that whenever I need to. I became a first-time Mom in April of 2010 and was able to work from my home office three days a week. That time gradually diminished and now I only telework when I need to but it was an incredible stress reliever knowing I had the option.

Below is a video of my workshifting story:

Are you a new-Mom (or Dad?) with a similar story? I'd love to hear it!

Note: This is one of 5 real-life workshifting stories that we're sharing as part of Telework Week. If you enjoyed this story, make sure you check out the other stories.