I saw a quote today on a sheet of paper from the mail. Stay-at-home-mom life is a very lonely life. My husband is gone too often and, to be frank, I miss everyone. I miss my friends and I miss just talking to regular people. I guess that’s why moms tend to “over share”, accidentally. But what I miss most of all is working. I love going to work and coming home with an income that betters my family. I love having a savings account with actual savings in it.
The quote really spoke to me, because I am constantly at war with myself trying to decide what I want to do when the kids are not at home anymore. When the kids are in school all day every day, what am I going to do. Anyone that knows me, knows that I love working. My husband has to keep reminding me that I am working by taking care of our children.
There was a time when, I, Mrs. Cotton had dreams and goals. I remember all of the things I wanted to accomplish. When I was about eight years old, I was obsessed with Jurassic Park! Because of that, I wanted to be an Archeologist and find bones or old things. Then, I wanted to work in the prison like my dad. After that, I wanted to work in Law Enforcement. I went to college for that and quickly realized it wasn’t for me. Now, that I am an adult, I am really struggling with figuring out what I want to do. I know that the time is just going to keep moving and I want a career.
I feel like many moms go through this and it doesn’t seem widely talked about in our world. We, as women, can easily fall into what we are designed to do and then we are surprised when we don’t have a career at 30. I’m at the “and then what” stage. I cook, clean, take care of our children, and that’s it. But these are not my aspirations anymore. I long for more. It would be nice to find something that I can do for 20 years and retire. I want to stop struggling financially and start thriving. So, here we go.
Helpful advice?
Everything comes to you at the right time. Be Patient.
~Unknown
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