Yesterday after breakfast, I was getting Ryan ready to go over to the babysitter’s place. When we were at it, he suddenly flashed me a big grin, held both my hands and said “Mummy, dance with me…” and I found myself twirling about with him, laughing silly and enjoying the moment.
These were probably little things that I couldn’t have enjoyed back when I was tied down to a job because it meant getting out of the house in a rush to get to work on time in the mornings. There won’t be time to do a little silly dance or stop for a while to talk about things that mattered to him like his broken fishing rod toy or his wishes to simply go out to the coffee shop for breakfast.
Even though being a work from home mum means unstable income versus a fixed monthly salary, you do get a lot of satisfaction from the freedom of time that you have, not to mention all these little things that make your heart warm at moments you don’t expect.
So if you ask me if I regret giving up that opportunity to work for a company that was going to pay me more than what I asked for but I’d have to work late and learn about Gulf Coast Jones Act and understand how it works, versus not earning as much but learning to be a better and more attentive mother and understanding my son better, well I’d take the second option anytime.
But that’s just me, everyone is different and need different things in life. If you know what you want, go for it and never look back.
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Amen to that!
Well.. you certainly made the right choice!