I AM BACK TO WORK AND HAPPY FOR THAT
Working mom is not always a bad idea, it gives you a positive side.
After being unemployed for a very long time, I finally decided to go back to work. I thought about being a freelancer again as this is the most possible job I can do remember that I have Tata and Mila. Letting them for full-time work now is not the best option. This decision surely has a permit with my husband. After I told him, I also talked to my mom, wondering what her opinion was if I went back to work. Unwaveringly, she said, “Yes, go ahead. Mama supports you for this,”. Not long after that, I got my first job as a freelance writer. Mother’s blessing is undoubtedly for me. It smoothes whatever your plans are.
I feel happy to be back at work
Surprisingly, I find myself happier and energetic after my return to the professional world. Being a working mom turns out to make me less prone to depression. I feel like I have another world aside from parenting stuff that sometimes, feels tiresome. Well, I know there are many debates that criticized a working mom out there. But it instead brings me healthier and well-adjusted kids.
I was assuming that working at home is easy to do and gives me the benefit to do two jobs at the same time. I can earn money while I am babysitting. In fact, this is very depressing. Noises are everywhere, especially if you have 2 children. When I wanted to get started, my eldest daughter asked me to play together. Then it followed my second child who was crying and wanted me beside her. I can work efficiently when my kids are taking a nap or at midnight. At first time, I was very struggling, but as time went by, I found the pattern, and it became easier for me.
I am better at manage quality time with my kids
Now I have two types of responsibilities, being a mother and working. Plus, I am volunteering at a non-profit organization as a writer also. I must learn time management better and more systematically. Before opening up my laptop, I need to make sure my kids have showered and fed them.
Perhaps I only have 1–2 hours in the morning to work. But this makes me learn how to work efficiently. I am always on my injury time. When I am with my kids, I dedicate all my time to them. Without any kind of distraction, including handphone’s calling. I can manage quality time with my kids better than before. Working moms know that they need to switch off the minute they get home and that they need to dedicate 100% of their precious time to their kids. Email, texts, and Facebook can all wait until the kids are in bed.
This absolutely opens my eyes that being a working mom is not always a bad idea. In this time I incisively encourage mothers out there to have business outside parenting, whether job, entrepreneur, social-activity, just try to find your world again and what you are passionate about. You need to release the stuckness into positive ways. Your children do not need a mother who can be by her/his side 7/24. They only need a happy mother who can laugh together with them.