The Working Mother

As a mom, do you return to the workforce or stay home with the kids?

I sure do catch a lot of flack for not having a job outside of the home. I defend myself all of the time. It seems my day runs as follows:

Wake at noon
Mosey to the gym
Fancy Lunch
Meet with Friends
etc...

When ACTUALLY:

Wake at 6
Diaper Changes
Laundry of Soiled sheets (yuck)
All other laundry
Breakfast
Dress both children 
Take an hour preparing to leave the house to go to the gym
Haul all my crap into the gym to the daycare (sometimes with shoes on my children)
Get interrupted during my workout because my kids are misbehaving
Pick up children from gym daycare
Chase my almost 4 yr old through the gym because I am too tired to contain her
Go home
Realize it only 11 am and we now have to begin CHORES!

And I haven't even begun to work my home business yet!

Yes, it mostly by my own choice that I work inside the home (and now yard) but I really would only be working to pay a childcare provider anyway. And I like being with my kids all the time...even though I may not LIKE them all the time.

But I have made a routine that includes the gym each day to allow time for myself.  In that routine I also make time for my business in the morning and at night.  So even if I do nothing else that day, I have those times allotted. We don't have to go to zoos, museums, or buy new things all the time to entertain our time either.  We keep it simple around here.  

I can completely understand the internal battle that working mothers must go through.  But I do believe that money aside, we all are wired differently as to how we are going to raise our children.  Some moms are better moms when they are career women first.  For me, I would be much crabbier if i had to battle getting ready to go to daycare every morning and be late for work every day.  It just wouldn't work...but that's just me.

It would make me angry to watch someone else raise my kids. I like being in the thick of it day to day.  However, the stay at home mom does need child free moments too.  It can get lonely throughout the day, screaming and disciplining your only company. And we don't even know what quiet is anymore. Or even talking to anyone else in person or on the phone.

So the home business fits in just perfectly where I am in my life and where I will remain.  I like meeting others who are just like me and we all grow personally and professionally together. And as I've said before, we may not be able to be as time efficient as others, but we are incredible multi-taskers and will get the job done.

If you need some boost to your business, reach out to me and I'll help you however I can.


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