Working Mommies

I had a career-oriented mom who was focused on the development of her business. She was a co-owner of a small company which was dealing with delivery service. Actually, she had to cope with plenty of tasks of quite diverse nature. On the other hand, she never forgot about family, we, her kids, always were thoroughly kept and the whole family had enough of attention, including delicious dinners and suppers.
And this is the point I've learned from her: how to combine family and business. She had a strict routine with a definite timetable which she always stuck to. I believe that without such state of things she wouldn't manage to succeed.
Concerning workdays, she woke up rather early serving breakfast for us and father, as well as, lunch bags for everybody, and preparing clothes for father and herself, of course. The whole day she was out. I like the idea of how my parents arranged their life. All the day-to-day routine (washing up, dusting etc.) belonged to his responsibility. In this way, mom had an opportunity to have some rest in the evening and dedicate some time to us.
Weekends were organized, as well. It was for sure that we had some events to attend. The bout of cleaning was held then. When we, children, were small, these two days were spent by the whole family together, almost without no exceptions.

Why not to stay at home?

      It is a common fact that work takes approximately half of our life. We dedicate much time, health and attention to it. In return, we receive boost of confidence, self-development and some kind of praise. Thus, it's not a surprise that people tend to be extremely satisfied when they manage to achieve success in this field.       

     And here comes a gender issue. By this I mean that it's much easier for men to become 'high-fliers', since they don't have to cross out merely three years in order to bring up kids.
     I could be a vivid example of such a situation, but, lucky I am, I managed to cope the problem in a great way. When I brought to life my first boy, I was sure that I had to forget about career prospects. But then I came across a great article in the Internet which highlighted the theme of switching to freelance. It appeared to be a great opportunity not to stuck in the home routine and continue developing in my career. I decided to become a freelance writer. Studying at college, I attended journalism courses and finished them with flying colors. This fact encouraged me and I tried. 

                                           

     The results were extremely fruitful. Not only wasn't I totally concentrated on the household and my child, but also was receiving income, quite sufficient one as for a newbie. When my boy grew up, I was so spoiled with my home-based job, devoid of office routine and continuous traffic jams, that I took a decision to continue working at home.