I too had a revelation after my second child and took a different turn in my career. And I enjoyed the Longfellow quote too.
I think I never knew what busy was before kids.
Can't really help with the productivity issues, other than to counsel compassion for yourself and urge you to remember it is a marathon. I always think of career effort as spinning a flywheel (any effort really).
Authors you might like to check out that talk about habits and productivity:
I too had a revelation after my second child and took a different turn in my career. And I enjoyed the Longfellow quote too.
I think I never knew what busy was before kids.
Can't really help with the productivity issues, other than to counsel compassion for yourself and urge you to remember it is a marathon. I always think of career effort as spinning a flywheel (any effort really).
Authors you might like to check out that talk about habits and productivity:
Amy Hoy Gretchen Rubin Charles Duhigg