You were independently wealthy?
(I wanted to make a clicky poll but apparently TB hates me today)
I know there are mom's like me that would quit work to SAH in a heartbeat if we could just make ends meet, but there are a lot of mama's that LOVE their careers, and I'm wondering if you guys would still work if money was not a factor. Would you stay FT, go PT, maybe volunteer? Let's discuss!
Re: Would you still work if....
Ooohhhh. I would definitely work part-time but not doing my current job. I would want to go back to what I did way back in college, teaching swim lessons. It was fun!
I agree a good work-home balance would be nice.
If $ were no object I would quit my job in a heartbeat, stay home but have the kids in morning preschool and try my hand at writing.
That said even with both of us working - we are hardly making ends meet
I would volunteer if I ever felt the need to do something.
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I would. I am a lobbyist which is what I worked to be (poli/sci major) because i love working in government/politics and I represent my alma mater as their in-house lobbyist. So it's like getting paid for advocating for my own family. Plus it's full-ti
Not at my current job. I do have dreams of one day setting up a kick charity - I even know how I want to run/fund it, so I would do that. I would probably wait until the kids were in school to start though.
While I say that staying at home is
If I had tons of money and didn't have to work, I wouldn't be working the job I am now but I would find something that I loved doing and could work and still spend lots of time with the kids. I used to think I wanted to be a SAHM but since coming off o
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How wealthy am I? If I could hire a full-time house keeper and cook then I would definitely keep working. Even if I ever stopped working I would need to be doing something else. I've always loved teaching so maybe I would become a tut
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Id quit and switch to freelance, this way I could make my own hours. Im not cut out to be a FT SAHM, I need some kind of outside stimulation. This way I could also keep my kickass nanny.
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I wouldn't work. I would raise my kids, travel the world, volunteer everywhere, take classes for FUN, read books, and be the happiest person on earth. THE END.
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We can afford for me not to work but I want to continue working because I appreciate what the extra income adds to our quality of life and because I need some sort of structure to my day and to feel like I'm mentally challenged by something more than r
We would foster, I would volunteer, and I would finish all my todo l
I would if I were truly independently wealthy and never had to worry about money or working again.
But, honestly, even though we could afford for me to stay home, part of the reason I stay in the workforce is because I fear that once I left
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If we were independently wealthy (or won the Lotto) I would quit working for sure and never look back.
If we were not independently wealthy but well off enough that working was an option and not a necessity, I would probably work part time.
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