My muse.
Lately I’ve been thinking about how my plan for my career and raising children was not very realistic and I’ve been stuck in the middle of being a good parent to my daughter and being good to myself by maintaing my career.
I used to think that I would just drop any children that I had off with a babysitter or a daycare and I would be a working but attentive mother who effortlessly has it all including a housekeeper to help maintain the cleanliness of the house, which I would be able to pay for with my own hard-earned money. That’s not really how things transpired and now I’m sitting in my home with my 3 month old on my lap wondering what the universe has in store for me now because as I look down at her sweet face, a face that no one is going to appreciate as much as me or her father, I know that I can’t leave her, at least right now. Even if I did try to leave her, the expense of a private babysitter or a daycare is too astronomical to even comprehend..
I know that I can’t be the only one who had planned to continue working only to find out that it was nearly impossible if not totally unrealistic. What kind of impact would this have on my child to have both parents working all the time? A question that I thought I had figured out but something you couldn’t possibly know until you are in the situation. So instead of continuing to work unpaid internships and working part time jobs I am sitting at home and investing my time in taking care of my future contribution to the world and find ways to help save my family money and make a little on the side to help supplement some income and give me the satisfaction of making my own money without sacrificing my daughter’s needs.
Just recently I have started taking a couple of MOOCS, to help maintain my career and to learn new things. This month I’ve started https://www.coursera.org/course/childnutrition A child nutrition class to help prepare me to feed my entire family healthy, flavorful and nutritious meals https://www.coursera.org/course/lifenutr a personal Health, Nutrition and Lifestyle class to help me personally maintain a healthy diet and lifestyle. So be prepared for The Adventures Of Trying To Have It All.
Feel free to join these classes, they only started this week and I am thoroughly enjoying the both. You can register at cousera.org.
You can also look forward to the launch of my etsy store, RetroReimaginings. A shop with natural/organic bath, body, handmade, repurposed, handcrafted pieces and Vintage antiques. Stay tuned.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/RetroReimaginings
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