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Some advice that is often given to working mothers is, "you can have it all, just not all at the same time."

I agree with you that it's important to accomplish your graduation recital and do your best with it, no matter whether you end up with a career teaching, performing, or both.

But I don't think that means you have to drive yourself crazy all day, every day, trying to keep up impossible standards in multiple fields of endeavor.

Instead, try not to view life as a race. Pace yourself and schedule yourself over the long-term. So, for example, take an extra semester to graduate and schedule the recital then, when you're not teaching. Then once you have your degree you'll have more choices to make about what you do when.