Work at Home Mom

Do you ever flirt with being an employee? You fellow work at home moms, do you ever think about how nice it would be to just punch the time clock, have someone else to “report” to who can make the hard decisions, have your responsibilities clearly defined in an employee handbook somewhere? Once in a while, I have those days. Yes, even though it feels so good to do what I do, there are some days when going back to being an employee seems appealing.

Any harm done in gazing over the fence occasionally to check the grass color? Anything wrong with daydreaming about the patches of green that surely are there? Only, I think, if I let that derail me. If I spent hours of time at it, I would later be frustrated beyond belief by the consequences of that time usage. After all, I CAN return to the corporate world if I so choose and the choice is mine.

So if it’s truly a consideration, all I have to do is (mentally) put myself there for a brief period of time. I wouldn’t be at home right now. I’d be doing someone else’s bidding on their schedule. I would have to answer to others (in addition to myself). How does that feel? No thanks. My independent streak bristles at the very thought.

This exercise works for me. You can do the same thing if you’re contemplating the transition from employee to work at home mom, just reverse the tables. Imagine yourself working at home. How does it feel? You probably don’t have enough particulars to think about what it would look like. Just focus on the feeling. Go ahead – flirt with being a work at home mom .