As many of you who read my blog know, I am an at-home mom of three who also runs a natural bath and body businesss. As of this writing, I seem to be creeping into the “writing business” also. I also write on three blogs (including this one) and am working on a new website. This is a LOT for me. I don’t have a lot of free time, regardless of what some may think about at home moms. Seems like I’m either serving meals, serving snacks, changing diapers, coloring and mediating disputes. This is not even counting the housework - with three kiddies - there’s always something to clean up!!
I’ve experienced other at-home moms whose time seems to be off their children and on the business - the children are at camp, she has a mother’s helper, she is “so glad” to have help so that she can concentrate on her business. Which makes me wonder, I suppose, is where do you find the balance? Is it all right to sit your children in front of the television set for hours at a time (I’m not talking about a program or two) while you work on a website or make products, or whatever you do?
I say no. I don’t care that much about building a business or making money so that my children would be deprived of me, mom, mommy while I pursued my own selfish interests. Why not just put them in daycare? Everything else is on the back burner right now because I want to give as much attention as I possibly can to my children, my home and my family - this is why I stopped working a 9-5 job in the first place! I guess I’m not that much of a go-getter, right?
This is not to say that I don’t love what I do: writing and creating bath/body products. I started creating this stuff from the beginning to give them a healthier alternative to bath/body products. BUT, I’m controlling the growth of the business so that it doesn’t overflow into family time.
Oh well, I’d better get back to the little ones…I hear a storm a brewin’!
by Kisha, on August 10 2008 @ 11:48 pm
I agree. I was a SAHM but am now a part time working mom but I work at my daughters pre-school so I don’t really feel like I’m working. We are still together all day, all the time, the only time she is there without me is when I need to run errands for my husbands business and I know she will be either in the way/bored. I understand how you feel.