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Originally posted by Taualumna
You still don't have to juggle everything AND have to take care of kids. Parents who work don't always have the time to volunteer, to write novels, etc. To them, it's work, housework and dealing with kids. WHen you don't have that, you can spend more time on your job. I never said anything about sitting around the house, doing nothing.
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Who said that all we do is work, housework and kids? I had lots of time for myself even when I was active duty Army which is a lot more hours than many civilian jobs. I rarely got home before 6:30 but I managed to go to school, look after my house, kids and husband and have time for myself to enjoy activities for me. It is all about time management. I also ensured that since I was going to be a working mom I had a great support group for my children who I could rely on. I rarely missed work unless my kids needed to go to the ER. They were very well cared for and loved and they knew that their caregiver was there for them when i truely couldn't be. I never took time away from them on a normal day either. From when i got home till their bedtime was all about them, I didn't answer the phone and I didn't do school work, all that can wait till they are sleeping. I did however ensure that once they were sleeping I could get the stuff done I needed to do.
When we used to have volunteer events through work I still went, my kids can was a car just like me, they may not do a great job but they have fun.
No I didn't write a novel, I had no desire to, but if it had been important to me I would have been able to make the time to do it.
Any woman can be successful regardless of their family status and the husband (significant other) and kids should not be an issue there.
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