I stopped working full-time because I was miserable. That dream job was getting slowly poisoned over the years until it finally succumbed to me saying, “fuck this.” Life has a way of balancing out though. I wouldn’t be a mostly stay-at-home mom wondering how I will ever find a fulfilling career again or if it’s possible.
Bored moms today either become TikTok hoes or get caught up in pyramid schemes. That whole ‘be your own boss’ bullshit. Sure, sounds appealing. If you want to sell your soul and profit off your children and unrealistic life. Their low self-esteem just snowballs gathering up all their followers, pulling them down the mountain of self-esteem to be as low as possible together. Picking up anxiety along the way. Thanks moms.
But the real point is, how do you prove yourself after years of putting your children first? I had a life before. Travelled the world with the army, held leadership positions, made some enemies because of difficult decisions.
Being a mom is great. Having the ability to stay home is great, albeit challenging. But the fear of never amounting to my old aspirations is so great at times, I forget to chill the fuck out.