Pardon me for being late but I am a working mom now
I’m only on my second week of work and I already have some thoughts about what it means to be on a payroll.
Book Club announcements:
I was really excited for Margaret Atwood’s collection of short stories, ‘Old Babes In The Wood’ but I couldn’t get into it. In an effort to be less obsessive and perfectionistic I let myself put the book down, unfinished. I didn’t like it and that’s ok. I wanted to use my time reading/doing other things and I love that for me.
October Book Club is ‘Second Place’ by Rachel Cusk. I’ve read ‘Outline’ and ‘Transit’, two of the novels in a trilogy, which ‘Second Place’ is not part of. Her writing is smart and exacting and makes me want to observe people more carefully.
Book Club is for paying subscribers only. I open up a conversation thread about a book I’m reading and welcome any thoughts or comments. You can even say that the book sucks and you didn’t finish it. That is allowed.
After being a stay at home mom for 10 years, I got a job at my Pilates studio doing membership management and behind the scenes planning. For the first time ever, I’m trying on a new title: Working Mom.
My first paycheck comes tomorrow and this is what I’ve been thinking about:
I thought that working moms somehow had it easier because they could “get away” and get paid but I learned quickly that all the house stuff and kid stuff, unless said working mom has a hired staff, or a partner who believes in equitable parenting, will be waiting for her when she gets home. If it doesn’t get done that day will be left for tomorrow and the next and the next but eventually she’ll be doing the doing.
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