Somehow all think that since I am at home...I will be idling away. And they take it into their head to assign work. Its not fair!! I think my life was more relaxed when I was working professional...the days I worked endlessly...till wee hours of morning..living on just coffee...seems to be a relaxed one. Raising kids cause more emotional exhaustion than a physical one. I wont have kept my house so tidier if I have to leave office in the morning...there are some many things I would postpone to weekends if I work, but since I am at home and some task is in front of me.. I tend to do it now than wait for weekends.
TV is something which is turned on when kids eat or when I want them to sit in one place...If I watch something for myself..it will turn into a war zone and whats fun in that TV watching.
If thats the case for TV.. I am not even thinking about movies..unless I want to stay up all night to watch it and end up screwing my next day all together. No I dont think there is any recent movie that is worth that much.
See after kids happen, I cant sleep in...cos there are some many things that needs to be done. So now even weekends doesnt seems to be different, rather it becomes even more hectic since I have to become a referee between my kids and hubs.
So its not fair on people when they come and tell me to pursue something by being at home. I tried that..but it gives hectic day a new meaning...I have a HUGE respect for people who manage that of being at home, managing kids and managing work. Seriously. See when you have kids and you decide to sit at home, it means your financial status is not so desperate. So in that case, if you take up HUGE task of 'working for home' with no support, plus add in the 'in-laws' part with no support for your better half,... I think it requires very BIG returns other than that BIG paycheck.
My mom asked why you cant be like us, be a SHAM and be happy with it. She did it because all her friends did that & there was no peer pressure.
But at the end of the day...with so much pressure of quantifying your day into worthwhile tasks( see washing clothes..feeding kids.. is all not quantifiable) you end up looking for putting your heart on the cutting block again and try to get some work which pays and which quantifies your day
TV is something which is turned on when kids eat or when I want them to sit in one place...If I watch something for myself..it will turn into a war zone and whats fun in that TV watching.
If thats the case for TV.. I am not even thinking about movies..unless I want to stay up all night to watch it and end up screwing my next day all together. No I dont think there is any recent movie that is worth that much.
See after kids happen, I cant sleep in...cos there are some many things that needs to be done. So now even weekends doesnt seems to be different, rather it becomes even more hectic since I have to become a referee between my kids and hubs.
So its not fair on people when they come and tell me to pursue something by being at home. I tried that..but it gives hectic day a new meaning...I have a HUGE respect for people who manage that of being at home, managing kids and managing work. Seriously. See when you have kids and you decide to sit at home, it means your financial status is not so desperate. So in that case, if you take up HUGE task of 'working for home' with no support, plus add in the 'in-laws' part with no support for your better half,... I think it requires very BIG returns other than that BIG paycheck.
My mom asked why you cant be like us, be a SHAM and be happy with it. She did it because all her friends did that & there was no peer pressure.
But at the end of the day...with so much pressure of quantifying your day into worthwhile tasks( see washing clothes..feeding kids.. is all not quantifiable) you end up looking for putting your heart on the cutting block again and try to get some work which pays and which quantifies your day
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