Lately I have thought about how I feel like I don’t do enough around my house to help out (mainly in regards to money). I clip coupons. I play the CVS game. I refrain myself from doing some things so that we can save money, but I still feel like I don’t do enough. I stay home with my 16 month old and some days it is too easy (other days, I definitely beg to differ). I am also terrified at the thought of when my child, someday children, are old enough to start school. I will be home all day with nothing to do. This frightens me. I have worked all of my life. I quit my job to stay home with my daughter and I have enjoyed it, but there is going to come a time when I need to go back to work.
So, I have decided to go back to school. I have a Bachelor of Arts in Advertising. I am now going to get my MBA with an emphasis on Healthcare Management. I am so anxious because I really hope that I can make some decent money with this degree. I am also very nervous because it has been 5 years since I graduated college and over a year since I have had a job. I am completing the degree online, so I can easily do the work at night or during naptime. I am just really nervous.
If you stay home with your child(ren), are you going back to work or what is your plan?
Anonymous says
I’ve been a stay-at-home mom for 19 years and it has rarely been boring. In the begining, after making a few false starts, I asked God for direction and He went a very different way with me than I would have gone. For example, my plan was two kids, back to school to finish a teaching degree, then to work. God’s plan was five kids spread out over 15 years, homeschooling, little ones when I’m 40, and being a homemaker. God’s plan looks different for each person and sometimes it is hard and alot of work, but it’s what He created us for. Pray.
Jennifer says
Homeschooling will keep me busy for the next 15 years or so. If I need to go back to work, I honestly don’t know what I’ll do. Eek! (I have been home with children for 10 years so far.)