So tomorrow is my last day of full time work. I'm scared but excited to stay home with our girls. My mind set right now is to focus on the positive and keep away from sources of negativity. I'm looking forward to some fun times and will share them (and the bad) with you all!
One thing I am battling with is trying to figure out "who I am" without having a job. I always respond with "I am an accountant" when someone asks who I am or what I do. Even so much of the paperwork we fill out asks for an occupation. Do I still say that I am an accountant even though I'm not working? Nothing takes away the education and experience I have accumulated over the past 15 years. I am still an accountant, just not a practicing one. Right? Another part of my mind says "I'm more than my degree/occupation anyway, so why is that the first thing I say about who I am?" What is wrong with being a mom and wife and not working outside the home? How about some other hobbies? Some volunteer work? So a piece of my mind is now wondering how I will answer the question about "what I do" and how I will be sure that I don't feel bad about myself when discussing the fact that I don't have "a job", when it is something I have always done. Life in the 2000's... we want it all... but what that means for each of us could be remarkably different...
One thing I am battling with is trying to figure out "who I am" without having a job. I always respond with "I am an accountant" when someone asks who I am or what I do. Even so much of the paperwork we fill out asks for an occupation. Do I still say that I am an accountant even though I'm not working? Nothing takes away the education and experience I have accumulated over the past 15 years. I am still an accountant, just not a practicing one. Right? Another part of my mind says "I'm more than my degree/occupation anyway, so why is that the first thing I say about who I am?" What is wrong with being a mom and wife and not working outside the home? How about some other hobbies? Some volunteer work? So a piece of my mind is now wondering how I will answer the question about "what I do" and how I will be sure that I don't feel bad about myself when discussing the fact that I don't have "a job", when it is something I have always done. Life in the 2000's... we want it all... but what that means for each of us could be remarkably different...