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Do you ever regret your work at home decision?
The only time I wish I wasn't working at home is when I'm running into deadlines and I'm wearing too many hats at once.... You know, the baby's sick, I have a deadline, the car broke down, the phone's ringing off the hook, the dog just peed on the carpet, hubby calls to say he's bringing someone home..... I miss being able to delegate....but not enough to go back to work on the outside!!!!
NO - NO - NO - NO - NO ! ! ! I first started working from home with a computer company that I worked for 'before kids' in the office. I have since resigned from that company, and am now looking for something new to do. I am having a problem accepting any job that requires me to leave my virtual office. I am comfortable here -- I am my own boss. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, my children are raised MY WAY ! ! ! We get many compliments about how well our children behave; I can only thank myself and my husband, not a nanny/babysitter.
At least once or twice a week as I'm trying to get an uninterrupted block of time. But then I look at what I'm wearing and realize that I don't regret my work at home decision quite so much!
From the moment we decided to have a child the decision was made that one of us would stay home. My job involved travel so I won and have never regreted one second! My at home business is very important and expanding as my son grows ( now 5 and in pre-school ) and I have more time to devote. However my primary job is to help my son realise his potential to become a great human being and be there for him. My second job is the business, the third is to teach my husband how to use the washing machine.
There are days when I wish I was relaxing on the beach, but never a day when I wished I was back in the workplace. My kids are the main reason I work from home, other reasons include not having to deal with office politics and running my own show!
Never. My only regret is that I didn't start working from home until my firstborn was 18 months old. I feel I missed a lot, especially now that I have another child and can 'compare notes.' The only thing I would do differently is start working from home sooner!
Yes and no. I know that the type of personality I have, it's difficult to be happy with a nine to five job. I've certainly done it before, and done it well, but I find it stifling. The last work I did was well suited to me, out and about all the time, basically an independent contractor, setting everything up, solving problems as I saw fit, etc., and I remember feeling sorry for people sitting in offices. After four years of great success in this work (tour organizing) I started my own tour company, because I knew I wanted to continue this work, but I had so many ideas that I couldn't implement unless I went on my own. That is another thing about me - I always have a lot of ideas, I want the freedom to try them. Also, the perks and salary of the people at the top compared to mine were so much larger, it didn't seem fair. And most important of all, with four children flexibility and control are just paramount. I need to be able to incorporate my kids into whatever I do. And they have learned a tremendous amount through being involved in my work, and now my attempts at starting a business.
Any "no" answer would just be frustration at how difficult and expensive it is - it would be no problem at all if I had unlimited marketing funds! Sometimes it seems that a good paying job is the easy way out, and I can get jealous of people who are making more money that I am. It's easy to tell yourself that they're not as imaginative or daring as you are, don't have the vision, the dream, etc. ----- but right now, they're the ones with the money, aren't they? I hope to be singing a new tune in a few years, but who knows? I will definitely stick it out at least five years. (I'm in my second year.) Does anyone else struggle with these feelings? My sister is in a field where the skill level is not very high, but because of unions, her salary is high. This seems so unfair to me, but I feel inferior at times. Every spare cent I have goes into the business. I don't have the money to buy the clothes she does, etc. So sometimes I feel sorry for myself! (which I'm not proud of.)
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