Rumors of Work-at-Home Moms
There is a rumor spreading around. It is said that work-at-home moms are productive family members because of the amount of money they pour into family coffers; work-at-home moms and their business card cases are glamorous individuals who maintain careers at home; and that work-at-home moms are not as stressed as office-bound moms.
Truth in the Matter
As rumors go, this one possesses a grain of truth to it. For one, work-at-home moms are indeed productive individuals. You contribute a significant amount of money to the family treasury through your writing, encoding, baking or whatever skill you employ. You supply a maid’s services (several maids, if you think hard about it) through your house cleaning, babysitting, cooking, doing the laundry and the grocery, occasionally mowing the lawn and taking out the garbage, and chauffeuring the kids to school and extracurricular activities.
In fact, if you have business card cases for every function that you do, you would have many of these items. And with the frequency of use, even a metal business card case would wear out in short order!
Half-Truths of the Rumor
However, work-at-home moms are definitely as stressed out as desk-bound moms, if not even more so. At least, office moms can put in the exact number of hours down to the last minute of their company-issued pocket watches while work-at-home moms do it 24/7! So whoever says that work-at-home moms take it easy is either a man or a Neanderthal.
As to the glamour part, work-at-home moms have to work hard to be glamorous. Just imagine juggling a ladle in one hand and a make-up kit in the other and you can certainly see the dilemma, if not laugh and take pity at your fellow mom.
Conquer Rumors and Stress
Fortunately, as a new work-at-home mom, you have many ways you can beat the stress and come out glamorous and productive. You should:
* Give yourself a break. Leave the kids with a trustworthy babysitter and pamper yourself by going to the salon, shop for your own pleasure, watch a movie, eat your favorite food without having to cook it, and just do things that make you happy. You can designate one day per week as “Mommy Day”.
* Maintain contact with friends and family. Whenever you feel stressed from the whining demands of children and husband and job requirements, you can call a friend or a family member and talk. Often, the opportunity to confide your troubles in somebody is all it takes to get the burden off your shoulder.
* Get crazy. And not the mental-institution type of crazy either. You can play some upbeat music and start dancing; you can exercise in your living room like a crazed bodybuilder; you can scream into a pillow; or you can just do something that is crazy enough to make you forget your crazy life. Just for a little while, though.
Indeed, when you put your mind and body into it, being a work-at-home is a cinch. Rumors or no rumors, you have the best seat in the career world as well as the best position to help your children grow - with you and your engraved pocket watches by their side every step of the way. Well, at least while they are young and impressionable.
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