The sad part is that some of them are husband and wife teams. Like my former staff, who married a technical guy, and now both of them are in danger of losing their jobs. They have not received any notice yet, but from what I’ve witnessed, there was hardly any notice given to those who have left so far. Oh, and by the way, my husband is also with that company, and he has been summoned to a meeting, informing him that his section is being collapsed. But his is another story altogether. See, he is just so good at what he does that the higher-ups have been trying valiantly to save him. So I’ll write about that in another day.
So some of the girls (women) I’ve worked with have expressed interest in what I’m doing. And they want to know if they can do it, too. So I ask them, “Do you think it is for you?” Because not everybody can be happy working from home. I’ve writtten about the life of a WAHM some time ago, and what I’ve pictured there does not even come close to the real scenario that WAHMs face everyday.
My advice, before you even think of becoming a WAHM, is to assess yourself if you can be happy doing it. Unlike being in a regular office environment, there is definitely no glamour working from home. And there will always be distractions. However good you are at organizing your schedule, you always have to make allowances for the kids. Good if you don’t have kids to mind like I do. I have three.
Being happy at what you do is very important. As they say, choose a job you love, and you won’t work a day in your life. So if you think that you can be happy being at home, running an office and doing housechores and taking care of the kids, then by all means, plan on becoming a WAHM.
