Virtual Thoughts

Somebody once said that ” I want to work at home so I can be with my kids, discipline them and raise them”. I forgot who said that, or was it me???? I must be insane at the time I said it, because really my kids are driving me crazy!

Truthfully, I really, really love my kids. Nothing in this world can complete my life but them. I have added several pounds to my once 118 pound body and yet, no regrets, if I have the choice to do it again, I will. BUT, raising kids isn’t an easy task, it is giving me lots of gray hairs. Imagine two boys, quarreling every few seconds ” he pushed me first”, “he kicked me first”, ” he bit me first”, ” he scratched me first”, etc., etc., etc., the list of complaints is endless. They are only sweet and adorable when asleep.

But one of the biggest benefits of working at home is that I get to be financially independent. And this is what I would like to stress out to stay at home parents.

I have been working online for four years already, and I will continue to work online even when the kids are grown up. Why? Because aside from the fact that I am earning, I am also learning and growing. Technology will never cease to amaze me. There is so much going on in the internet for individuals to learn. If I am working in a corporate office, I may not be able to learn what I have learned so far.

But we have to admit that working at home may not be for everybody. Some people cannot stand social isolation. Working at home is very lonely, you cook, you mind the kids, you wash, you do household chores and then you work online. Nobody chat with, laugh with or joke around, except when your husband comes home at night.

The bottom line is, raising kids takes approximately 10 - 12 years of their lives. At thirteen, they are teenagers already and may not depend so much on mommy to bathe them, feed them or play with them. The growing up years are very precious and I wouldn’t want to miss that. It amuses me the way my sons speak like me, or the way they imitate me when I am angry at them or scolding them.

So if you don’t want to miss your kids’ precious growing up years and you also want to be able to generate income for yourself, plus you crave for self-growth, then working online is a good choice.