It has been a little bit over a year that I have left working a full-time job. Ok, maybe it's an understatement. It has been one year and 5 months since I have departed from the world of working 16+ hours a day with 24 hours on-call, and answering my phone while I was oversea on family vacations (Bali one year, Thailand the year before).
Did I miss work? Hell yeah! I missed the income and the social aspect of it. Otherwise, I am enjoying spending more time with my kids, making (err... attempting to make) home-cooked meals for the family. It's also nice to be in a home that's decently clean that I can invite folks over without needing to shove things into bedrooms and closing the doors. Yes, their laundry is done in-house and no more sending them off to laundromat.
I also found myself to be more involved in kids studies. I make sure they get their homework done on time and correctly the first time. I am also volunteering at school as a lunch lady once a week. I am now a part of PTC.
Also within this year, I learned to give proper self-care to me, myself and I. Yes - that's right! I have scheduled many facial and spa appointments; (heck, every 2 weeks, I got sometimes going), my nails and toes are on point. All my medical checkups are up to date and family haircut is done every 5-6 weeks.
Anyways, what I am saying is: stay-at-home mom doesn't mean you become a house mom, cleaner, a driver and a chores lady in yoga pants or pyjamas without a shower. This mean, you have more time on your hands to do the things you love doing, and also for/with the ones you love. Go on! Be you! Enjoy yourself! Pick up a hobby! You deserve it for your sanity. Happy you makes a better wife/mom.
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