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Nov
11
2009

Wow, Do I Love Being A WAHM

Wahm Wow, Do I Love Being A WAHM

This past week, I spent some time in an office building.  I spent some time in a factory.  I spent some time at home.

I love being at home.

I’d like to formally apologize to my husband.  I’ve often found myself jealous of the time he spends away from home.  He goes to work each day and doesn’t have the sounds of children wailing, fighting and trying to con candy out of him.  He can close his door and savor the silence.  When he gets home, I need to clock out of my job.

You see, I’m a Work At Home Mom (WAHM).  I wasn’t always.  I’ve had jobs.  Lots of jobs.  I’ve worked at the pet store at the mall, as a bank teller at a credit union and in the airline industry for years before quitting to stay at home and raise my children.

I’ve always planned on being a writer.  I had no idea how I’d get  back into it (I first started working as a published writer at the age of 14) but I knew once my kids were letting us sleep at night, I’d be back at the computer.  I’d started about three books and will eventually finish one of them, but once I discovered blogging, my whole world changed.

I can write naked.  I can write in sweats.  I can write everything for the week all in one day, or not write at all.  I love to share my life, I love to express myself.  I actually consider myself more of a humor writer as opposed to a “Mommy Blogger”, but I like being called that because that title holds a lot of power.  Mom’s have the power.

I started blogging with the intent to make this my career.  I did not start it as a personal blog, I started with business in mind.  You see, all blogs are is an online magazine.  If you have great content and can work your own PR and HTML, you can make a modest living from writing.

I love it.  I love what I do.  I don’t write for money (but it helps) – I write for popularity.  I love being known, I love helping others and I freakin’ love to talk.  I talk with my hands much better than with my mouth.  I need to be loved.  Maybe because I’m the youngest of four and have craved attention my entire life, I have never appreciated anything more.

I’m not going to give advice on blogging here, I’m just here to say I freaking love my job.  I’ve been told not to talk about it much, because in this economy there are people struggling and I am clearly bragging, but today I just want to brag.  I won’t speak out loud and I’ll try not to shake my groove thing, I just wanted to thank the world for allowing me to occasionally sleep in, not have a commute and not have to clock in.

Fuckin’ A, I love my job.

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Written by Julie in: Step 1: Express Yourself

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