Comments on: So what’s a working mother to do? http://raisingsmartgirls.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/so-whats-a-working-mother-to-do/ The brain does much more than just recollect. It inter-compares, it synthesizes, it analyzes, it generates abstractions ~ Carl Sagan Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:25:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: raisingsmartgirls http://raisingsmartgirls.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/so-whats-a-working-mother-to-do/#comment-429 raisingsmartgirls Mon, 18 May 2009 02:25:42 +0000 http://raisingsmartgirls.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/so-whats-a-working-mother-to-do/#comment-429 Joanna - I was starting to fall out of love with my boss - that is for sure! Though she was a mother herself, she was less than understanding with regards to some things, and she wasn't letting me train on some things I wanted additional training in. Largely because I felt no loyalty to her, I found it easy to leave. What I didn't find easy was the fact that I actually liked being in the lab and being productive. I tend to romanticize the past, so even though I was struggling in areas, it is not that difficult to re-write some of the past, you know? Every time I think about returning to the lab, I think about all the things I would miss out on teaching my kids. Occasionally I get tugs to do something, but ultimately, I haven't been really on fire for anything than teaching my girls things and doing experiments them and writing. Joanna – I was starting to fall out of love with my boss – that is for sure! Though she was a mother herself, she was less than understanding with regards to some things, and she wasn’t letting me train on some things I wanted additional training in. Largely because I felt no loyalty to her, I found it easy to leave. What I didn’t find easy was the fact that I actually liked being in the lab and being productive.

I tend to romanticize the past, so even though I was struggling in areas, it is not that difficult to re-write some of the past, you know? Every time I think about returning to the lab, I think about all the things I would miss out on teaching my kids.

Occasionally I get tugs to do something, but ultimately, I haven’t been really on fire for anything than teaching my girls things and doing experiments them and writing.

]]> By: joanna http://raisingsmartgirls.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/so-whats-a-working-mother-to-do/#comment-426 joanna Sun, 17 May 2009 23:55:33 +0000 http://raisingsmartgirls.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/so-whats-a-working-mother-to-do/#comment-426 I could have written this post (only minus one child)! I have worked with a baby at home, I have stayed home with one, then two, and now I am working part time. It wasn't until I left the work force did I realize that I was capable of pursuing something I loved. I admire you for leaving your "dream job" to raise your girls. I was lucky enough to have fallen out of love with my job by the time I left to be home with my daughter :) "I feel confident when the time is right, I will have the direction I’m looking for." - I truly believe in this philosophy too. Open yourself to all the possibilities and they will present themselves when you are ready. I could have written this post (only minus one child)! I have worked with a baby at home, I have stayed home with one, then two, and now I am working part time. It wasn’t until I left the work force did I realize that I was capable of pursuing something I loved.

I admire you for leaving your “dream job” to raise your girls. I was lucky enough to have fallen out of love with my job by the time I left to be home with my daughter :)

“I feel confident when the time is right, I will have the direction I’m looking for.” – I truly believe in this philosophy too. Open yourself to all the possibilities and they will present themselves when you are ready.

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