Blame society, but we women manage to shoot ourselves in the foot just fine when, as stay-at-homes, we refer to ourselves as 'doing nothing' [yes, my dear Harvard Business School graduate friend, I am referring to you!]. I was so amused by a recent New York Times article describing the difficult adjustment experienced by recently unemployed men who are now at home focusing on their children. Why wasn't it news when I felt exactly the same way? How can it be assumed that any highly educated person will be complacent to leave a career to care for children when that job ranks way down on the the social totem pole? Somehow, the activity of raising children needs to be viewed as a job worthy of respect - an I don't exclude myself from being chastised. On this topic, I highly recommend " The Price of Motherhood," by Anne Crittenden.
Viewing one's self as 'not working' or 'not doing' anything productive is dangerously depressing. We are always doing something; looking for a job, caring for children, developing a new business or actively taking a break. So, what is a soon to be excessed Mom to do? I fear that employers take a dim view of outsourced stay-at-homes. At the moment, my solution is to use my writing skills. My objective is work as a consultant to write web content, marketing materials and consult with not for profit organizations about marketing and fundraising. We'll see how that goes. for now, I am working on my blog. Hope you enjoyed.
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