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Article from THE-RESUME
Follow the life of a freelance mother making it work
June, 16 2003
Enjoyment,
creativity, convenience: these are all words describing the working
world's latest trend- freelance work, i.e. work at home opportunities.
The 90's over stressed, underpaid workaholic has given way to
the millenium's professional self made home worker. The quality
of work is still there, the ambition is still glittering, but
it seems we have realized what is truly important- our time and
how we spend it. The turbulent economy, the downsizing of corporate
America has workers scrambling, trying to clutch on to a hope,
a dream. Why work for a large company that can drop you at a moment's
notice without so much as a glimmer of regret when you can choose
your own work, control your own career destiny, and be the one
to truly profit from your hard labor. America is smartening up
and practicing its choices in the home business/home work genre.
And that is where I come in, that is where this column comes in.
I am an example of what I have just described. I would like Perhaps
now would be a good time to introduce myself. I am a mother, a
wife, a writer, a mystery shopper, a merchandiser, a couponer,
a student.... shall I go on? I am not defined with just one label-
I dont limit myself that way. Are you just a mother/father? Just
a web designer? Just a banker? I doubt it. There are so many dimensions
to a person that it is ludicrous to think a person could never
be successful in an area that they love.
I
was not always so level headed. At one time I could only see one
path for my life. Graduate high school and go to college- graduate
college and become a teacher/writer. Life does not always allow
such strict planning. Life likes to throw curve balls so unexpected
that when you get whailed by one sometimes you have a hard time
recovering. The trick is to be prepared for those curve balls,
adjust to those curve balls and play the game through.
My curve ball was Matthew, my husband. I met him and all plans
I had so carefully laid out were quickly tossed aside. I got married
and became pregnant. Our growing family needed to be supported
so I dropped out of college and worked two jobs while Matthew
took on all the overtime he could. Once baby Alexis was born I
cut down to one job- a factory job.
Let me tell you- the hardest thing was to leave my baby and go
to work. This factory had no heat in the winter time and no air
in the summertime. We had to be careful when we sorted through
papers because mice liked to hide in them. There were mice droppings
on the lunch table. But worst of all I was missing out on my baby's
days, her growing, her firsts. Something had to change.
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