Enough with the guilt!

Why do I always feel guilty about something? Is it a trait I was born with? Is it a trait ingrained in women?

I feel guilty when I'm not home to greet the kids from school. I feel guilty when I don't return a friend's call the same day. I feel guilty because I don't visit my parents every Sunday. Heck, tonight I felt guilty because I left my husband alone with the children for about an hour so that I could run errands. I seriously doubt my husband feels guilty when he goes on a several hour motorcycle ride and leaves me with the children. Therein, lies the point.

I need to be more like a man. Men don't suffer from this guilt syndrome. When we go to sleep at night, my husband lays his head down and falls into a peaceful slumber within seconds. When I lay my head down, I'm thinking to myself I should have read our toddler son another book instead of folding laundry. Or I should be planning my strategy for my morning meeting.

I should just tell myself enough with the guilt already. But then I'd feel guilty about that :-) Is it just me?